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Country. they call it callus and accuses gm leaders for putting profits above families. take us through this announcement. >> this is a big blow are in the company and president trump's plan to bring manufacturing jobs back to the u.s. the move to shutter five plants, four in the u.s., is more evidence of what every auto analyst has been saying. international production of smaller cars will go abroad because that's where the growth and consumers are. trump and republican policies have not done anything to change that fundamentally. what is most striking is that it takes a part of trump country...

Alison kosik is with us, cristina alesci is with us. two midwest big plants and one in canada. >> that's right. this is huge. and local press is estimating that this impacts about 5600 workers. this is an enormous restructuring, enormous blow to president trump's plan to bring manufacturing jobs back and it kind of confirms what every auto analyst has said for years, the global supply chain is here to say. it's cheaper to produce, in some cases, some cars overseas, especially in the growth markets when it comes to smaller vehicles. >> that's interesting, though, 5,600. there was a time in amer...

Rick: right now, new troubles for toyota as the car begins to recall one of its popular models. patti ann browne live in the newsroom with the details. >> toyota will recall 2.77 million vehicles worldwide including some of its popular prius hybrid cars. they say there are steering and water pump problems. it is the carmaker's second multimillion-dollar recall, vehicle recall in a little over a month. toyota says the defects have caused no accidents and can be fixed in an hour or so but this could cost hundreds of millions of dollars for toyota to repair, at least according to one auto analyst...

And it is those foreign manufacturers, those foreign automakers who are importing diesel cars to the united states and they say sales are dramatically increasing. volkswagen specifically said sales of its diesels are up 35% in just the last year. if you want to buy al diesel manufactured by a u.s. auto company, you're out of luck. at least until next year. that is when gm is going to introduce a diesel version of the chevy cruze. one auto analyst says this could be the beginning of a trend. >> you could see diesels, as they continue to grow in popularity as the domestic automakers bring smalle...

100 countries at international organizations are meeting in bonn to talk about how to help afghanistan move forward. foreign combat troops are expected to withwithdraw from there. one country absent is pakistan. its officials are boycotting it in protest over an american air strike that killed 24 pakistani soldiers. state media report it was a death drone. nato says a reconnaissance aircraft was lost last week over western afghanistan which borders iran. iranian media say the drone was only slightly damaged. i'm monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. hello and we...