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GM Bright Drop cancellation at CAMI latest Trump policy casualty
General Motors' announcement that production of the BrightDrop electric delivery van will cease at the CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Ontario is the latest casualty of the Trump administration's dangerous and destabilizing auto policies.
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