VW postpones restart of China production amid virus outbreak

Workers are pictured working on an assembly line manufacturing Audi Q3 cars at the FAW-VW Tianjin plant in China in December 2019. The plant will remain closed until Feb. 17 amid the coronavirus outbreak. (China Stringer Network/REUTERS)

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Bloomberg

February 08, 2020 04:14 PM

BEIJING -- Volkswagen Group has postponed the resumption of production at its China joint ventures, in the latest sign of the coronavirus's impact on economic activity.

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