Germany - Global Trade Storm
EU trade policies are credible when competing in unison on global markets, but ambivalent efforts by Germany (and others) to keep China on-side pin Europe down. Atrophy beckons...
China Industry
America - Tariffs and Voices of Common Sense
With the CEO of Detroit Axle, the American Dream finds a voice, a voice of experience and hard work, to speak out about tariff policies, impacting competitiveness and distorting markets, with costs borne ultimately by the U.S. economy
Mexico - Maquiladoras and the Future of the Automotive Industry
Free trade agreements between Mexico, Canada and the US (NAFTA since 1994 replaced by USMCA in 2020) reshaped economic relations across the continent - Who will step through the open door to US markets next ? and what industry is first in line ?
China's Car Industry - Europe's Nemesis ?
The global automotive industry is being challenged by China's tech-driven cars and U.S. tariff wars, supply chains which powered entire economic regions look stolid, and Europe's famed brands are losing their glitter fast
Tesla 2020 and beyond
After banner year '20, the hard part...Beating back the onslaught of attractive mid-tier car models and maintaining a 'cachet' setting the brand apart in the luxury segment, Tesla has its work cut out as more production capacity is rolling off the line
Tesla - avant-garde or poster child
The 'Roaring Twenties' are here again ! Companies launch brand-new, cutting-edge products and investors flock to a rising stock market... but that was a century ago, in the 1920's, was it not ?