BARCELONA ¨C Spain said on Thursday it would do everything possible to stop Nissan from closing its main car factory in the country as angry workers burned tires and shouted ¡°War¡± outside the Barcelona plant.
The Spanish government could seek an alternative partner to keep the plant open, it said.
The decision by Japan¡¯s Nissan Motor Co earlier on Thursday to shut the 3,000-worker plant from December as part of global cost cuts is a blow for the euro zone¡¯s fourth-largest economy at a time when unemployment is rising and a recession is looming due to the coronavirus crisis.
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