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Originally Posted by Questofthetune

That would be great for the town honestly, it revolves around the plant. But let’s be honest- which of the two options listed usually happens with business? (The close down and outsource one).

As much as I dislike the approach the president has taken with respect to trade, I would never actively root for the failure of an entire town and it’s people just to be right. All the luck to Spartanburg!

In the past Spartanburg has produced the E36, the Z3 and the Z4 (I have two cars produced from the plant BTW). After the E85/86 Z4, the plant switched entirely to the X-Series BMWs. Again, I'd cry a bit harder if the US domestic content was a bit higher than 37%. The quality of the E36 and Z3 was shit coming from the plant in the 1990s.

The President's approach to trade is still a work in progress IMO. I'll decide the validity of the approach once the issue is negotiated and settled. The global-sourced automotive industry is, as it now is, may not fall under the traditional concepts of "trade war" from the past. I'm will to wait and see.

Also what I laughed about was Hardly-Davidson crying about the EU tariff threat. Not many people remember in the late 1970's how hard AMF-owned Harley-Davidson lobbied the Government to impose strong tariffs on Japanese-made motorcycles of 750CC or above. President Reagan imposed those tariffs on the Japanese industry and saved Harley's ass. The poorly-run AMF H-D would have gone bankrupt had the tariff not been imposed. That and the great economy of the 1980's.