Nice try, Joe. When asked point-blank about it, you ignored your British father and American birth and told me you were Japanese. In fact, I had to pry the British father & raised in America out of you as you only mentioned the Japanese part. You obvioulsy self-identify as Japanese. You totally ignored all American & British heritage. I guess that was why you reffered to it as MY American government.
Again, you know exactly what I am talking about. Tell these folks what you want now, but it happened.
Benito made the trains run on time....
All in all, a light being shined on japanese trade practices is a great thing. The grease fortunes they have been paying for decades may not be enough now.
BTW: Ford is an American Company. If you want to question that, PROVE it and don't just be a politician by throwing out claims that have no merit knowing that they will be passed by, granting them legitimacy of some sort. GM is an American Co. The largest non-U.S. stake holder is the Canadien UAW, and the special relationship betweeen the US auto industry & Canada is decades old.
Ford all but owned Mazda and recently sold part of its stake to raise capital. They are still closely aligned, but Ford pulls the strings. Both brands sell vehicles manufactured by the other (EG: Ranger/B-series, Escape/Tribute, and the newest 3/New Focus, although many more existed over the years)
GM was a major stockholder in Fuji Heavy Industries and through it Isuzu, Suzuki, & Subaru along with some other commercial brands. They had a joint venture with Toyota, NUMMI. They also have some design sharing with Honda on engine developement. But GM is most definitely a US company. Dispute it with verifiable facts, if you can.
Chrysler = American. DaimlerChrysler = German. Cerebus' Chrysler = American. This FIAT thing, when ironed out, will probably make whatever it is now Italian. But at about a 35% stake, FIAT ( owned by the Italian government) will not be the single controlling factor and with the vast majority of the outstanding 65% being American, it is no sure thing where whatever Chrysler becomes will be chartered. The main FIAT agreement is a technology sharing deal.
As even you must know, Germany & Japan are seperate countries.
Obviously they were both closely aligned at some point,
but as in a removed post showed, Germany was reformed. Japan...not so much. But regardless, your point is about as valid as saying that I am willing to by a product made in Swaziland but not Japan, by choice. Do you really not know that trade between the US & Germany is much different than between the US & japan? No, once again you are well aware of this. Not one person buys that you can't comprehend this major difference. Your words were chosen not for their validity, but to muddy the waters. Fail.
EDIT: While doing this
over the JAL collapse, I realized that Toyota is being very crafty & may be getting away with it. To wit:
Many Lexus models are merely gussied up 'yotas. Think ES & Camry, for example. I'll bet that toyota is hoping this taint doesn't touch Lexus publically while they quietly make the same alleged fix. Thoughts?
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