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A legal dispute with suppliers is causing disruption at Volkswagen production plants in Germany.
News agency dpa reported the automaker on Thursday confirmed a report in German daily Bild that it will have to shut down production of the Golf model at its Wolfsburg plant from Aug. 20 to 29.
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(AP Photo)Another VW plant in Emden, which produces the Passat, already planned to reduce production next week.
Olaf Lies, Lower Saxony state's economy minister and a VW supervisory board member, criticized the suppliers for not delivering parts. He said that was a "severe burden" for the automaker.
