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(precursor I'm in Japan so I don't have a chip in this game), but I do worry for my friends in England. My wife works for (edit removed: large vehicle manufact
by marak830 10y ago
(precursor I'm in Japan so I don't have a chip in this game), but I do worry for my friends in England.
My wife works for (edit removed: large vehicle manufacturer ), and she has mentioned that her company is quite nervous about the brexit due to having manufacturing plants there and worrying about the cost of importing raw materials if Britain leaves, due to new import taxes.
Take this with a bag of salt, aa i havnt verified any of this, but it's something I hadn't thought of before, and I thought it may spark a decent debate on HN.
- adwf 10y agoYeah I've heard similar things about said Japanese manufacturers. One of the big reasons they are regionally headquartered in the UK is because it is part of the EU. Given that cars make up a sizable fraction (~10% I think) of our economy, it would be a disaster if even 1 major company left for foreign shores over this. Speaking from an IT perspective, I know of quite a few companies that have brought forward datacentre builds in the Frankfurt region, prepping for a Brexit just in case. They have to do with business with the EU and that involves complying with EU data protection regulations which require the data stored in an EU country. There's a lot of business going to disappear overseas if Brexit happens.
- marak830 10y agoIf that's the case+ and I have no reason to believe it isn't), what reasons could they have for leaving? I have been listening to BBC world news, and whenever the subject comes up, the people speaking for an exit don't really seem to put forth a good argument( I hear a lot of 'keep our nationality" and 'we founded parliamentary democracy ' - but they don't seem like a good reason to leave).