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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis

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To: ggersh who wrote (19675)4/15/2009 6:12:12 AM
From: RockyBalboa1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 71427
 
There is a new angle in the delicate relationship between the US and Asia including Japan;

I am no expert in the car industry - perhaps the local car czar has a better idea - but since U.S. car makers are now a federal affair:
-GM has a political angle. The asians can tell the administration: Reduce your excess automotive capacity and we buy some more treasuries from you. If not then, look out and find new buyers for your paper.
-So the US government faces a serious challenge; save Detroit and not only risk a few billions there but much more in funding committments from asia.
A herodes premium paid to ex-GM workers and lenders is easily affordable if financed by the asians, as they look for after Toyota and their other own automakers. Normally, I would think, the half of the US carmaking capacity is annihilated in the process.

(What worked well in other manufacturing and industrial sectors could apply to the car industry as well).

More dollars would flow to Japan and China, and in the case of Japan, make the Yen worth more - to stay on topic.
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