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Presses from the former Chrysler plant in Twinsburg are headed to China
The Cleveland Plain Dealer ^ | 12/16/11 | Peter Krouse

Posted on 12/16/2011 5:54:52 PM PST by EBH

CLEVELAND, Ohio--The giant presses that once stamped out hoods and door panels at Chrysler's Twinsburg plant are finding new homes -- and one of them is China.

The Gisele Scan, a 469-foot cargo ship docked at the Port of Cleveland, is taking on massive press sections and parts-filled containers for delivery to the Port of Xingang.

It's been slow going because of the weather and the need to carefully position the bulk cargo on board for a safe voyage, said David Gutheil, vice president for maritime and logistics at the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority.

The ship will sail eastward, Gutheil said, crossing the Atlantic Ocean and heading through the Suez Canal.

The presses are ultimately destined for a Hawtai Autobody Co. plant in Kangbashi New District Ordos, Inner Mongolia.

It makes sense that a Chinese company might scoop up some of the presses, said Paul Schroeder, assistant visiting professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University and an expert on China.

The Chinese are often on the lookout for equipment deals when plants close in the United States, he said.

"The auto industry in China is probably the strongest industry right now of any other in the country," Schroeder said. "And it's growing."

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.cleveland.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: asiarising; economy; globalism; trade

1 posted on 12/16/2011 5:54:54 PM PST by EBH
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To: EBH

The late Great US of A


2 posted on 12/16/2011 5:56:55 PM PST by al baby (Is that old windbag still on the air ?)
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To: EBH

Reparations, if you will.


3 posted on 12/16/2011 5:58:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: EBH
China Imposes Tariff on US Car Imports (Obama Motors Gov-Subsidized Cars!)
UK Gusrdian ^ | 12-14-11 | Graeme Weardon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2820831/posts

WTO helping China Loot Caterpillar
americanthinker.com ^ | 10/04/2010 | Howard Richman & Raymond Richman

"Why can’t Caterpillar make a profit exporting mini-excavators to China? The answer is simple: China has a 30% tariff on all excavators. In fact it has a similar high tariff on just about every vehicle, be it a Ford car, a GMC truck, a Harley Davidson motorcycle, or a giant mining machine made by Bucyrus International."

The United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8:
“The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;...To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations,...”

The Tariff Act of 1789 was the first national source of revenue for the newly formed United States.


4 posted on 12/16/2011 5:59:08 PM PST by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: al baby

Yeah...it does sort of feel like that ...

We’re shutting them down and selling it off and China is scrambling to buy what they can’t build themselves...


5 posted on 12/16/2011 6:00:28 PM PST by EBH (God Humbles Nations, Leaders, and Peoples before He uses them for His Purpose)
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To: al baby
Not much market here for old and probably obsolete tools like these. Sold at auction, and some went to Canada some to China, some somewhere else. No big deal. The Twinsburg plant had been on the edge for years before finally closing in 2009.
6 posted on 12/16/2011 6:01:11 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: EBH

From the comment section at the link:

“How do you like them apples, UAW? No expensive union contracts where those presses are going. Well, you killed the golden goose and I suspect that there will be more such moves in the future. The government bailout of GM has only delayed their decline.”


7 posted on 12/16/2011 6:04:48 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: EBH

Those high tech., high speed, robotic machines went to China. It’s that high tech., high speed equipment that’s putting Americans out of work. [Little irony and sarcasm there. Decades ago, our leaders began sending machines made during WWI to China.]


8 posted on 12/16/2011 6:05:55 PM PST by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: hinckley buzzard

No big deal. Just sell them to our enemies and help them build communism . . .


9 posted on 12/16/2011 6:06:27 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: hinckley buzzard

Wonder if the Chinese parts made with the big ol presses will rattle like all the Chrysler cars body parts did?


10 posted on 12/16/2011 6:09:24 PM PST by X-spurt
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To: EBH

In China the workers don’t get to make a hostage out of their employers’ capital. At least not yet.


11 posted on 12/16/2011 6:11:10 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Right Wing Assault

It is a big union area of Ohio...and a lot of folks are getting very tired of the union BS.


12 posted on 12/16/2011 6:18:45 PM PST by EBH (God Humbles Nations, Leaders, and Peoples before He uses them for His Purpose)
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To: EBH

Where’s the OWS a$$holes who want to shut down the ports. It would work here for me.


13 posted on 12/16/2011 6:33:50 PM PST by jmax
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To: hinckley buzzard; EBH

Does this mean if I need a new hood, fender, or door panel fix Dodge pickups I will have to buy it from China now?


14 posted on 12/16/2011 6:54:01 PM PST by ngat
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To: EBH

Thank you UAW. They would rather have no jobs than allow non-union ones.


15 posted on 12/16/2011 7:00:46 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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To: EBH
Looks like the motorcycle frame welding fixtures I designed and built will have good company. (Grrrrrr...)
16 posted on 12/16/2011 8:09:35 PM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: EBH

The way things are going , American will be buying their Kellog’s corn flakes , Skippy peanut butter , and virtually everything else from China someday .


17 posted on 12/16/2011 8:51:45 PM PST by sushiman
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To: EBH

Stupid bastards.


18 posted on 12/16/2011 11:29:17 PM PST by RobinOfKingston (The instinct toward liberalism is located in the part of the brain called the rectal lobe.)
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To: EBH

If Government Work Camp, PhonyCare, isn’t totally blotted out, then The Statue of Liberty can be disposed of also.


19 posted on 12/17/2011 6:44:32 AM PST by Varsity Flight (Phony-Care is the Government Work-Camp)
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