SYDNEY: Prime Minister Tony Abbott insisted Tuesday there was nothing he could do to prevent Toyota halting car manufacturing in Australia as the opposition expressed fears it would spark an economic crisis.
The Japanese giant on Monday said it would stop making cars in Australia in 2017, citing high production costs, a strong local dollar and a small domestic market. The decision will kill off the country's 66-year-old auto manufacturing industry.
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