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re: Good news - Ford Isn't opening a plant in Mexico
Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:13 pm to The Spleen
Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:13 pm to The Spleen
Good. China can probably make them cheaper anyway.
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Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:15 pm to 9th life
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The Focus would more than triple China’s exports of fully built cars to the United States.
Those things are already pieces of shite. Do they really want to copy the Apple way and make shitty products in China?
Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:16 pm to The Spleen
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Loss of US jobs, loss of more US manufacturing power, giving China more manufacturing power, etc.
I'm fairly certain you just now starting caring about this...
Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:48 pm to The Spleen
My guess is this also has something to do with the reintroduction of the ranger to us market. They are going to be building those at the Michigan plant, so my guess is many or most of the us focus workers will switch to that
Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:50 pm to The Spleen
You (and maybe your source the NYT, not clicking your link) purposely left out the fact that they are also opening a new $1B plant in Kentucky.
So not exactly fake news but definitely manipulated, skewed news. Pick the bad parts, focus on those, ignore the good news.
Par for the course.
So not exactly fake news but definitely manipulated, skewed news. Pick the bad parts, focus on those, ignore the good news.
Par for the course.
This post was edited on 6/21/17 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:51 pm to udtiger
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Trump's complaint isn't that the plant was opening in Mexico, it's that the plant would be shipping vehicles into the US for sale. He's never complained about opening plants to serve those specific markets.
Isn't this plant building the Focus for the US market?
Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:52 pm to LuckyTiger
If you want a link, you can find the story in the local louisville news and cnbc.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:52 pm to The Spleen
That is old news genius
Posted on 6/21/17 at 4:03 pm to narddogg81
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My guess is this also has something to do with the reintroduction of the ranger to us market. They are going to be building those at the Michigan plant, so my guess is many or most of the us focus workers will switch to that
is ford not capable of doing both simultaneously within the US?
Posted on 6/21/17 at 4:06 pm to The Spleen
Better article from a foreign newspaper (BBC)
Maybe not ideal, but not as bad as the headlines would have you believe?
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The carmaker said the decision would not lead to layoffs in the US.
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Currently, Ford makes its Focus cars in Michigan, Germany and in China.
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The move to China will not affect employment levels in Hermosillo, which produces other models, said spokeswoman Kelli Felker. It also does not affect the plans for the additional investment in Michigan, she said. The Michigan plant currently producing the Focus will switch to making trucks in 2018, with the same number of hourly workers, the firm said. Ford also said it would invest $900m to retool an SUV plant in Kentucky.
Maybe not ideal, but not as bad as the headlines would have you believe?
Posted on 6/21/17 at 4:07 pm to The Spleen
Can we ship the illegals to China now?
Posted on 6/21/17 at 4:08 pm to The Spleen
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Bad news - It's opening one in China.
Damn you're fricking stupid. They aren't shipping all of those motherfrickers back to the US for sale, and they are expanding their Asian marketshare, which is good for Ford, good for the U.S. economy and good for U.S. workers.
This post was edited on 6/21/17 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 6/21/17 at 4:10 pm to DFWAggie09
I'd rather they just keep all operation in the US, but that's not the environment we live in these days.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 4:12 pm to DownSouthJukin
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They aren't shipping those motherfrickers back to the US for sale
According the article, that is exactly what they are doing.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 4:15 pm to The Spleen
Melt, bitch
Posted on 6/21/17 at 4:18 pm to The Spleen
I'm not ready the NYT, but my suspicion is that the article insinuates that Ford is building in China instead of Mexico, and fails to mention that the purpose of the plant is to access the Chinese market; whereas the Mexico plant was meant for the US market.
:fake news:
:fake news:
Posted on 6/21/17 at 4:20 pm to 9th life
quote:probably not without a big costly factory expansion in Michigan. They pretty much have to build any truck they sell to the us within the us, but they can import cars bully elsewhere easily
is ford not capable of doing both simultaneously within the US?
Posted on 6/21/17 at 4:22 pm to The Spleen
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According the article, that is exactly what they are doing.
Edited-not every vehicle produced there is coming to the US, unlike the vast majority manufactured in Mexico.
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