WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) - Chinese consumers for the first time last year bought more Cadillacs than Americans did, helping drive profits at General Motors. And though the designs for those Cadillacs may have been drafted in Detroit, nearly all of the luxury cars were assembled in China by some of GM's nearly 60,000 local workers.
This growing dynamic - of American firms serving Chinese consumers with products made in China - marks a shift in global trade that could pose a significant challenge to President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda.
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