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It's not that odd that international companies would build local facilities for major markets they're selling into. Toyota sold cars to the US, and building pla
by jasonwatkinspdx 4y ago
It's not that odd that international companies would build local facilities for major markets they're selling into. Toyota sold cars to the US, and building plants here made sense relative to that for a variety of economic and political reasons. Everyone makes more money together so everyone's happy with the arrangement.
I find it more odd to presume that corporations have some nationalistic competitive interest.
- atq2119 4y agoCars are big and heavy, and so building them near the buyer has a logistics benefit. Chips have higher value per weight and size by orders of magnitude.
- stonemetal12 4y agoChips are strategically valuable, would the EU back a competitor to have local manufacturing capacity?