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Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Hello, coming up. What will be the impact of General Motors' plans to halt production

at five factories in North America.

I think it just wants to move resources away from the old world of motoring

and into the new world of motoring.

What is the outlook for Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors

after the departure of Carlos Gone.

It's a huge downfall for a man who's basically saved one of Japan's flagship companies.

And just how difficult is it to open a pub in Ireland?

So for a country whose chief cultural exporters pubs,

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In fact, it's significantly harder than England and Wales.

I'm Philip Kogan and you're listening to Money Talks on Economist Radio.

This week we start in America.

As the news has broken that General Motors plans to halt production at five factories

and cut more than 14,000 jobs, while also announcing it will close three plants outside

the US at the end of 2019.

The moves follow rising costs and slower car sales.

To discuss this, I'm joined by Simon Wright, the economist

motoring correspondent. Hello Simon. So why is GM doing this? You alluded to it

in your introduction. The first thing to say is that the American car market and the Chinese

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