Japanese gov't defends Toyota after Trump broadside over Mexican plant

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Friday that Toyota was an important corporate citizen, while Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko stressed the contribution of Japanese companies to U.S. employment.

Toyota is just one of a host of companies operating in Mexico. It has an assembly plant in Baja California, where it produces the Tacoma pick-up truck, and where it could increase production.

he Guanajuato plant will build Corollas and have an annual capacity of 200,000 when it comes online in 2019, shifting production of the small car from Canada.