Вчера Мексика, сегодня - Германия и Канада.
Новоиспеченный американский президент не теряет времени даром - вчера он наезжал на мексиканцев и китайцев, а сейчас дело дошло до немцев и канадцев:
(В прямом смысле слова - дорогая машина)
Already taking aim at Mexico, President-elect Donald Trump is now warning he might enact a 35 percent "border tax" on Canadian and German automobile imports.
"You can build cars for the United States, but for every car that comes to the USA, you will pay 35 percent tax," Trump told the German newspaper Bild, in an interview published Monday.
"In the long term, the United States would be shooting itself in the foot by imposing tariffs or other trade barriers," said Matthias Wissmann, president of the German automotive industry association VDA.
Trump specifically focused on BMW, noting that it is building a plant in Mexico that would produce vehicles for the U.S. market. But BMW would not be alone among German automakers. Audi last year opened a Mexican plant that is now the sole global source for the newly redesigned Q5 sport-utility vehicle. And Mercedes-Benz is preparing to set up a joint venture with Nissan's Infiniti brand in the Mexican city of Aguascalientes, where it will produce some of its new entry-luxury models.
Mexico has become one of the world's top five automotive manufacturing sites in recent years, in part due to low labor costs but also because it has negotiated more free trade agreements than any other country but Israel, auto industry experts note.
Про большое количество торговых соглашений между Мексикой и другими странами я писал ранее вот здесь, но особенно интересны такие заявления в свете старых межамериканских автомобильных терок.
“With the dollar at par, we can see fairly clearly what the Canadian landscape looks like in North America,” said a Ford Canada executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “When labor costs are unequal, it makes it more difficult to make the business case for Canada.”
The Ford executive said Canadian labor costs, including benefits, are about $79 an hour, compared with $64 an hour for American employees, assuming the two currencies are of equal value.
“In a highly competitive global marketplace, we cannot sit still as the rest of the world races forward, particularly with rising commodity prices, a higher Canadian dollar and other cost pressures,” the company said.
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