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Ivanka Trump to visit GM’s Warren facilities with CEO Mary Barra
President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, will visit General Motors on Wednesday.
Ivanka Trump will tour the Technical Learning University (TLU) located on GM's Global Technical Center campus in Warren, GM said.
GM CEO Mary Barra will lead Trump on a nearly two-hour tour and highlight GM’s commitment to continued workforce training for hourly skilled trades workers and salaried manufacturing engineers, said GM spokeswoman Jeannine Ginivan.
Ivanka Trump's title is advisor to the president.
Ivanka Trump released her new book, "Women Who Work," on May 2, 2017, seeking to fend off ethics concerns by declining to attend promotional events and promising to donate profits to charity.
This is the first time a Trump administration official has visited GM's facilities, although Barra has been to the White House several times to meet with the president.
Barra's most recent visit to the White House was last fall.
Since then, the president has taken potshots at the automaker over Twitter. In April, the president chided GM for dragging its feet in getting lifesaving ventilators to the front lines in the battle against coronavirus.
Then, 72 hours later, Trump changed course, extolling GM after it announced its plans two days prior to make ventilators with Ventec Life Systems at GM's Kokomo, Indiana, plant.
On Monday, GM delivered the last of 30,000 ventilators it owed the federal government as part of a $489-million contract.
The president was also critical of Barra when GM said it would shut down four U.S. factories. On Twitter, Trump urged Barra to keep Lordstown Assembly in Ohio running. But GM closed it and sold the facility, transferring thousands of workers to plants across the United States.
The issue of manufacturing is in the forefront as the election nears. Michigan is a critical swing state that Trump won in 2016, helping him capture the presidency.
GM has repeatedly said it plans to launch at least 20 all-electric vehicles by 2023. It recently unveiled the Cadillac Lyriq SUV, but GM has not said where it will built. GM is spending $2.2 billion to retool Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly to make all-electric vehicles starting later next year. But a source familiar with Cadillac's plans said the Lyriq would not be one of the vehicles made there.
During Ivanka Trump's visit, Barra will tout GM’s TLU, which is based on an initiative that was started in 2017. It is a technical training center that offers a number of programs.
Last month, TLU completed a $2 million upgrade to its manufacturing laboratory facilities.
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