Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn said U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's America-first agenda should mean that trade with Mexico, where his company is the biggest auto producer, will be protected.
"I'm not very worried because what has been said by the president-elect of the U.S. is 'America first,' and American interests in Mexico are huge," Ghosn said at Nissan's headquarter in Yokohama on Friday. "Protecting American interests in a certain way means protecting trade with Mexico."
Company executives across the world are looking for clarity on the policies Trump's administration will adopt as he has said his agenda will be based on the principle of putting America first from "producing steel, building cars or curing disease." Any curbs on trade could hurt automakers like Nissan that have spread globally, making, selling, shipping and assembling vehicles across continents.