One idea that emerged from the talks would have the U.S. government put up as much as $40 billion to fund reorganizations under bankruptcy for GM and Chrysler, these people said.

• 这些人表示，讨论中形成的一个想法是，美国政府最多拿出400亿美元来为通用汽车和克莱斯勒的破产重组提供资金。