General Motors is making a big investment in the United States.
The company announced on Tuesday that it is investing $1 billion into U.S. plants, resulting in 7,000 more jobs across the country.
“We will continue our commitment to driving a more efficient business,” said GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra in a statement, “as shown by our insourcing of more than 6,000 IT jobs that were formerly outside the U.S., streamlining our engineering operations from seven to three, with the core engineering center being in Warren, Michigan, and building on our momentum at GM Financial and in advanced technologies. These moves, and others, are expected to result in more than 5,000 new jobs in the U.S. over the next few years.”
The focus will be on new vehicle and advanced technology projects.
GM's move comes after criticism by President Elect Donald Trump. Trump blasted the company on Twitterearlier this month about production of the Chevy Cruze in Mexico.
In his Tweet, Trump said GM would face a "big border tax" on any cars from the plant that would be sold in the United States.
At the time, GM responded that the plant in Mexico made the Cruze for sale in it's global markets, and that the version of the model that are sold in the US are produced in this country.
