Nissan mulls moving some production to U.S. to soften tariff impact

Nissan Motor Co. is considering moving some of the production at one of its plants in southwestern Japan to the United States to mitigate the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies, local authorities said Tuesday.The automaker plans to reduce output of the Rogue sport utility vehicle built at one of its two plants in Fukuoka Prefecture for export and increase its U.S. production, according to the prefecture.The automaker told the prefectural government that it intends to maintain the current production facilities despite the planned production cut, Vice Gov. Masaru Eguchi t…READ FULL ARTICLE