Jack Daniel'S Trade War Fallout; Ford'S Door Lawsuit; Honda Moves To Indiana | Today In Manufacturing Ep. 211

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Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

The Presidential Pack is designed to help “weather four years of political uncertainty” with one Canadian beer each day.

According to CNBC, first-class seats are holding up airplane deliveries.

Ford is facing a new lawsuit that targets a “material safety defect” in tens of thousands of Mustang Mach-E.

Brown-Forman, the producer of Jack Daniel’s, Woodford Reserve, Old Forester, El Jimador and Fords Gin, recently watched several Canadian stores strip their shelves of its liquor in response to President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian-made products.

Honda has scrapped plans to make its Civic Hybrid in Mexico.

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