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Forums - Politics Discussion - Ford Cancels Plans To Move US Factory To Mexico Due To Trump ... (Hint: China)

... and will instead be moving that factory and jobs to China. 

http://thehill.com/latino/338586-ford-to-move-production-of-focus-from-mexico-to-china

Ford Motor Co. is moving production of its Focus model to China after production at its Michigan plant ends in 2019.

The move, which Ford estimates will save it $500 million in production costs for the car, comes as the company has become a target of President Trump, who is pressuring manufacturers to keep jobs in the United States.

Ford initially planned to move production of the Focus to Mexico, but it is now scrapping that plan in favor of production in China, according to a report in Bloomberg.

So many Trump wins. 



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oh god, reading the title I was like "hm who would have thought, Trump +1"



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Well the profit margin on smaller cars isn't that big. I guess it only makes sense to make them in the US if they are made by non union workers because they make a lot less then union workers.



Lol, pretty soon, manufacturing jobs won't exist in any country (except for some very few). And I for one welcome our new robot overlords.



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Whats the difference if its going to China instead of Mexico? Americans still won't get the jobs right?



Chris Hu said:
Well the profit margin on smaller cars isn't that big. I guess it only makes sense to make them in the US if they are made by non union workers because they make a lot less then union workers.

 

You might want to read the op.

Mystro-Sama said:
Whats the difference if its going to China instead of Mexico? Americans still won't get the jobs right?

That's the point.



And this is why states should be able to seize assets of profit-turning companies who decide to relocate overseas. The extra profit through wages in China is going to be small, but every bit of margin for stock holders is welcome it seems. These companies have no morals.



Teeqoz said:
Lol, pretty soon, manufacturing jobs won't exist in any country (except for some very few). And I for one welcome our new robot overlords.

Unemployment's gonna be a bitch but at least costs and outsourcing will drop.