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Another US motorcycle company considering moving production overseas
The Hill ^ | 6/30/18 | Ma Greenwood

Posted on 06/30/2018 2:44:34 PM PDT by DoodleDawg

Minnesota-based Polaris acknowledged on Friday that it is considering moving some production of its Indian Motorcycles overseas amid concerns over new tariffs from Europe.

A spokeswoman for the company told The Associated Press that it could move some of its production to Poland from Iowa, but noted that "nothing is definitive."

"We're looking at a range of mitigation plans," the spokeswoman, Jess Rogers, told the AP. Polaris did not immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: manufacturing; motorcycles; tariff; trump
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To: LeoWindhorse

I don’t know....I have a BMW that gets me around just fine.


21 posted on 06/30/2018 3:30:39 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: DoughtyOne

I certainly think Poland isn’t the worst place to go in Europe, either.


22 posted on 06/30/2018 4:00:37 PM PDT by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention.)
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To: MortMan

Lousy four wheeler burns your leg, the seat melted.


23 posted on 06/30/2018 4:08:56 PM PDT by Cowgirl
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To: deport

Where were weir?


24 posted on 06/30/2018 4:34:53 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: DoodleDawg

Well I am an American biker,and if they move they can keep their trash.


25 posted on 06/30/2018 4:35:18 PM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: rockinqsranch

So Harley moving their production to foreign countries, regardless if they only sell them in those foreign countries, American workers will still lose jobs and suffer while the company increases it’s own profits on their backs.

Got it.


26 posted on 06/30/2018 4:42:15 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

The reason for being in business is to make a profits

If the American market is declining and sales inadequate, moving makes sense

As Asia becomes more prosperous, the market for small motorcycles grows. It makes lots of sense to at least investigate that market. It might be possible to sell more specially tailored units in India than in the whole history of USA operations


27 posted on 06/30/2018 4:49:21 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
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To: old curmudgeon

The tariffs are irrelevant.

It is the size of potential sales that drives the efforts.


28 posted on 06/30/2018 4:51:50 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
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To: CodeToad

I thought Polaris made snowmobiles, and Harley made antique replica cruisers.


29 posted on 06/30/2018 4:58:09 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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To: fishtank

Carat, karat, caret, carrot.


30 posted on 06/30/2018 5:15:47 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: DoodleDawg

Polaris is a great company, they just bought a boat company I heard in the last few months.


31 posted on 06/30/2018 5:17:54 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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To: CodeToad

“The EU has sound emission rules which means neither Polaris or Harley are big sellers overseas as it is.”

Harley was the first to put mufflers on bikes. Now the first thing a buyer of a Harley does is rip off the mufflers!


32 posted on 06/30/2018 5:19:37 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: DoodleDawg

they will be so sorry . Trump will let them spend millions on the move and then slap them with tariffs so heavy they will cry tears of blood. If they don’t care about selling their product in America, go for it kids . personally , to me, they are no better than traitors


33 posted on 06/30/2018 5:19:57 PM PDT by fish hawk (MACA Make America Christian Again)
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To: TexasGator

How else is a dentist or accountant going to get attention?


34 posted on 06/30/2018 5:20:27 PM PDT by CodeToad
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To: DoodleDawg

Indian job givers


35 posted on 06/30/2018 5:21:12 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.)
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To: MortMan

I was in Poland earlier this year. I swear, every third girl looked like a supermodel. I realize this isn’t the thread topic, but figured I’d point that out.


36 posted on 06/30/2018 5:44:51 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: dragnet2

OK. You get it. What else can I say.


37 posted on 06/30/2018 6:07:24 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Conservatives seek the truth. Democrats seek the power to dictate what truth is.)
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To: bigdaddy45

I noticed the same thing in Japan.


38 posted on 06/30/2018 6:13:37 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: bigdaddy45

I have flown ANA airlines in Asia, from what I have seen, they only hire beautiful and smart Japanese babes.


39 posted on 06/30/2018 6:17:15 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: fish hawk
they will be so sorry . Trump will let them spend millions on the move and then slap them with tariffs so heavy they will cry tears of blood.

The motorcycles will be for the European market, no the U.S. one. No tariffs.

40 posted on 06/30/2018 6:26:08 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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