Hi Chris, I'm not really sure that free trade plays much of a role in this. Chrysler, now uncoupled from Daimler, has not had a happy history recently. Last year it lost nearly $700 billion dollars and its sales and market share have been declining. It has to do something, and selling the ultra-inexpensive Chinese made Chery to, initially, Latin America and Eastern Europe, then to Western Europe and North America, seems like a logical way to go. But doing that could have a huge potential impact on production and jobs in the US and Canada. Something I read said that Chrysler is already planning to cut 13,000 jobs and close a plant in Delaware. And if Chrysler is moving production to China, it is entirely possible that General Motors and Ford are also thinking about it.
Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 7:27 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] More gloooooooom >> I would venture that Mr. Hargrove should fear less and prepare more. >> I am trying think of examples of job security trumping lowest cost > > "Trumping" on the supply side, perhaps, but certainly not on the demand > side. > > News items like Ed's just confirm that the Free Trade insanity has to be > stopped before it destroys the future of work and the environment, i.e. > The Future! > > Chris > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the > keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
