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Originally Posted by GottWhat
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Originally Posted by BimmerMat135
Way to go! BMW will now regret their decision which didn't make sense from the start to everybody else other than shareholders. A luxury car build by cheap labor is just a ridiculous concept imo.
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How about how BMW and Mercedes already have factories in the southern US rather than areas of Northern US and Canada so they can have cheaper labor? |
This concept can be justify with other factor: different tax level between city or state, availability of workers, availability of the lands etc. It is very difficult to justify that the decision is just related to labor cost. If that would be true all the Canadian manufacturing sector would be in Newfoundland. On the other hand manufacturing in Mexico is an obvious choice for cheap labor, low standard for pollution and worker right. When you have a free trade agreement it is the most profitable choice for companies.