As a result of the pause in production, about 900 U.S.-represented employees at supporting plants will be temporarily laid off in addition to about 4,500 hourly workers at the Canadian plant, according to a company spokeswoman. Workers at the plant in Mexico will still report to the facility but not produce vehicles due to their contract terms, the spokeswoman said. In an email to employees Thursday, Stellantis North American chief Antonio Filosa said the plant downtime is tied to the tariffs, as the company reviews its options. “We are continuing to assess the medium- and long-term effects of these tariffs on our operations, but also have decided to take some immediate actions, including temporarily pausing production at some of our Canadian and Mexican assembly plants,” Filosa said. “Those actions will impact some employees at several of our U.S. powertrain and stamping facilities that support those operations.”

Automaker Stellantis is temporarily halting production at a plant in Canada and a plant in Mexico shortly after President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on imported vehicles. The move will result in the temporary layoff of 900 U.S. employees. Stellantis, which owns car brands like Jeep, Citroën and Ram, said Thursday it will be temporarily pausing production at the Windsor assembly plant in Canada for for the weeks of April 7 and 14. Operations will resume at the facility the week of April 21. The company will also be temporarily pausing production at the Toluca assembly plant in Mexico for the month of April, starting on April 7.

The European-based automaker, which also owns Chrysler, Dodge and Ram, plans to idle its minivan plant in Windsor, Canada for two weeks and another Jeep facility in Toluca, Mexico for the rest of April, according to an email sent Thursday by Stellantis’s North American chief, Antonio Filosa. Those factories make the Chrysler Pacifica minivan and Jeep Compass SUV, which are sold in the U.S. The actions could impact employees working at U.S. parts-making facilities that supply components to the two assembly operations, Filosa said in his email, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The decision is expected to affect about 900 stateside employees at those auto parts makers, a spokeswoman said.