Nissan to Make Fewer Cars in China in Months Ahead as Demand Slows

Nissan to Make Fewer Cars in China in Months Ahead as Demand Slows
Nissan cars are seen at a storage area in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China on Dec. 2, 2018. Reuters
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TOKYO—Nissan Motor Co will produce 30,000 fewer vehicles in the coming months in China than what it had planned, a person briefed on the matter told Reuters, as global automakers grapple with falling demand in the world’s biggest car market.

After Ford Motor Co and Hyundai Motor Co, Nissan becomes the latest automaker to cut production in the country, where slowing economic growth and a crippling trade war with the United States have pummeled vehicle sales in the past few months.