The ongoing crisis in the automobile sector, caused by a shortage of chips, will hit small suppliers which have no international backing according to the chairman of one of largest trade unions, KOVO. The government may consider using Covid-19 subsidies to prop up these businesses in order to avoid shortages of other materials in the future. However, the union expects that smaller suppliers will be hit the hardest, especially those producing plastics, textile materials, rubber and various small parts.
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