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Audi CEO Gernot Döllner reportedly announced a billion-dollar investment in the United States at a Donald Trump campaign meeting the previous month. The announcement reportedly caused surprise in Brussels and involved negotiations with the White House.
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Audi’s supervisory board is due to meet on Friday to discuss the planned US factory and criticism of chief executive Gernot Döllner’s appearance at its announcement during a Donald Trump election rally. Trump announced what was described as Audi’s first factory in the United States at that event. Daniela Cavallo, chair of Volkswagen Group’s works council, had strongly criticised Döllner’s conduct at the rally. The planned plant and Döllner’s appearance remain under discussion by the supervisory board.