[bigbob]

Yep. At one time, serving local demand was the only reason to locate a plant outside your home nation - e.g. Honda and Toyota built plants in the US to supply the US market rather than continuing to ship them over by boat.

That scenario needs to return. If Ford wants to sell to domestic Mexico and CA markets, great. But if they think they’re going to screw US workers by importing parts from cheap labor countries, Trump will make them pay a heavy cost.

[Dr. Sivana]

Honda and Toyota built plants in the US to supply the US market rather than continuing to ship them over by boat.

The dirty little secret that no one talks about is that there have been tax based incentives for North American content for some time, and that was a big part of the reason for European and Asian countries to set up shop here. These were in place long before NAFTA, which is why so many cars even in the '60s were made in Windsor, Ontario, etc.

[imardmd1]

I don't think so. If we don't allow them to work in their own country at their own wages, they will come here and take yours. And from what I've seen here is that they are willing to work. Hard. And coming here, they will drive down wages here. And they will send a lot of their wages back to Mexico.

Review the history of Ford in Mexico (click here). Excerpt:

"This subsidiary was the first automaker to establish production in Mexico, in 1925, and it remained the only automaker in Mexico until 1938. Although the Mexican market has remained relatively small, Ford Mexico's production of motor vehicles increased greatly in the 1980s, when it began turning out vehicles for export to the United States."