What happens in Mexico during next 2 weeks will be crucial for Detroit

DETROIT — As the Detroit Three auto companies move to restart factory operations in North America on Monday, they’re monitoring closely new reports coming from Mexico about whether auto suppliers there will be crippled by the coronavirus.Industry analysts say what happens in the next two weeks will be crucial to Detroit.“The U.S. car assembly plants have some inventory but not enough to last more than two weeks,” said Patrick Penfield, a supply chain management professor who teaches at Syracuse University in New York.“The biggest issue U.S. car assembly plants face in the next two weeks is tha...