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Am sure even a Biden presidency must carefully deliberate on the merit of Pebble given its mineral goodies :0)
Team America needs to dig a agin, else future beholden elsewhere as resource nationalism takes hold per MAGA becoming global meme, for the Trump sounded the gun of Firstism
Rhenium, I have no clue what it is good for, if good for anything at all, but gold is good for everything, from monetary-reset to condiment in champagne.
Speaking of which, the champagne nation's union is getting antsy about importing EVs from China even if made by French companies, without nodding to the truth that EVs are a lot easier to produce going forward than would carbon cars, because 40% of the value is in the batteries, and the rest just new fangled versions of very old technologies and assemblies, motors and door handles, all of it available and plenty in China
Software? Better and cheaper in China too.
Easy to say wish to cut off Huawei 5G. Harder to say no to China EVs. At least for the consumer who has to for over Euros, unless UBI takes care of the details.
Am guessing that given French socialist distaste for capitalism, we can write off French auto industry for good, soon.
in the same sense, there has been a changing of guard, and I note the so-called Hong Kong export is of course not actually Hong Kong, and together, something about returning to natural size, per 2026 / 2032 protocol. Currently Team USA is trying to trip up the inevitable, as opposed to actually competing. Doubtful it would work except to waste own time.
Team China loves capitalism, but Team France seems want to destroy capitalism through socialism.
Renault will make the Spring at the plant it runs jointly with Dongfeng Motor Group Co. and alliance partner Nissan Motor Co. in the city of Shiyan.
Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg LISTEN TO ARTICLE Renault SA unions are raising hackles about the French carmaker producing a new electric mini-SUV in China and selling it in Europe, a clash that could become more common given how many companies have similar plans.
Labor groups are assailing Renault for exporting the Dacia Spring -- a small crossover the automaker bills as Europe’s cheapest electric vehicle -- to Europe from a plant in central China’s Hubei province. Workers have been on edgeabout a jobs-cutting plan the company announced just before it secured a state-backed loan in June.
“We are fundamentally opposed to making the Spring in China,” said Frank Daoust, a spokesman for the CFDT union. “This isn’t in keeping with government support for the car industry and jobs in France.”
The complaints may become more common. Automakers are planning a wave of similar exports, many of them EVs. The models include BMW AG’s iX3, which recently started production in Shenyang and Tesla Inc.’s Model 3 built near Shanghai. Several brands plan to base the manufacturing of their entire lineups in China, including Daimler AG’s Smart and Volvo Car Group’s Polestar and Lynk & Co, all three of which are jointly owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group.
Renault’s plan is particularly tricky for political reasons. The company has drawn a small portion from the 5 billion-euro ($5.9 billion) loan that France backed earlier this year, and President Emmanuel Macron only made government funds available after the carmaker agreed to consult with unions on plans for two underutilized factories at home.
The FO labor union, which also represents Renault workers, called for the carmaker to stick to its goal to make France a global center of excellence for electric cars. The union said the Spring’s carbon footprint will be “disastrous” because of the emissions involved transporting the model to Europe from China.
“It’s inconceivable and irresponsible to make them anywhere but France,” the labor group said in a statement.
The Renault Megane eVision
Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg
Renault will make the Spring at the plant it runs jointly with Dongfeng Motor Group Co. and alliance partner Nissan Motor Co. in the city of Shiyan, where the electric Renault City K-ZE is produced. Chief Executive Officer Luca de Meo unveiled the Dacia model last week along with the more upscale Megane eVision planned for 2022. Renault will build that EV at its Douai plant in northern France.
Before Renault closed the books on a record first-half loss, Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard warned French lawmakers of the threat China’s exports of electric cars posed. “We are going to face ferocious competition from within and outside Europe,” Senard said in June. “We have to turn around quickly to be able to counter these new entrants.”
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