Donald Trump threatens Toyota over Mexico car plant

Mr Trump takes aim on Twitter over the Japanese firm's plan to shift production - even though US jobs are not affected.Toyota has become the latest car manufacturer to be threatened with a "big border tax" by Donald Trump for building vehicles in Mexico.The best relationship between two people.

In a Twitter post, the President-elect threatened to take action if the firm makes its Corolla model for the US market at a plant south of the border.

It is the latest broadside against the industry after Mr Trump took aim at earlier this week over its production in Mexico. The President-elect's attacks have cast a shadow over cross-border production networks central to more than $580bn (£470bn) in trade between the two countries.

They have also sent the Mexican peso plunging to record lows, prompting the country's central bank to step in, at the same time as it is over surging petrol prices.

Toyota, which announced in April 2015 plans to build a $1bn (£800m) plant in the Mexican city of Guanajuato, said it would not take away US jobs.

It is also the first against a non-US company.