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Chinese auto industry looks to Detroit

Posted by seumasach on January 4, 2015

Chinese auto industry looking to strengthen ties with Detroit automakers, parts suppliers

Detroit Free Press

13th June, 2014

China’s automotive industry needs to increase its spending on research and development and strengthen its joint venture ties with U.S. automotive manufacturers, a top Chinese automotive official said today in Troy.

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Detroit vs. Wall Street: The Trillion Dollar Class War

Posted by seumasach on December 4, 2008

Cameron Salisbury

Smirking Chimp

3rd December, 2008

If anyone doubted that a class war is in progress, hidden beneath a variety of euphemisms, like ‘bail out’, ‘downsizing,’ ‘outsourcing’ and ‘NAFTA’, their doubts can now be given the decent burial that they deserve. There has been no more blatant act of class antagonism in recent memory than the apparent willingness of Congress and Wall Street’s appointed grifter, Henry Paulson, to let a major part of the American manufacturing sector die.

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