http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/05/22/1837/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:22:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/05/22/1837/#comment-289686 Don Sutherland Sun, 25 May 2008 01:00:08 +0000 http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/05/22/1837/#comment-289686 <p>We are going through a similar process here in Australia's auto industry - although it is very important to see that there are big differences in the dimensions, the architecture and geography, especially proximity to East Asia (for example). The new Labor government has started a review of the future of the Auto Industry. One feature of the crisis is the strong emphasis placed on government support policy for the industry (eg tariffs and funding). There is much weaker focus on the strategic capacity of the majors (ie Ford, GM and Toyota, Mitsubishi took its Australian capacity off to Russia) to dictate terms through the control of capital, and then to work out whether to kowtow to that or challenge it.</p> We are going through a similar process here in Australia’s auto industry - although it is very important to see that there are big differences in the dimensions, the architecture and geography, especially proximity to East Asia (for example). The new Labor government has started a review of the future of the Auto Industry. One feature of the crisis is the strong emphasis placed on government support policy for the industry (eg tariffs and funding). There is much weaker focus on the strategic capacity of the majors (ie Ford, GM and Toyota, Mitsubishi took its Australian capacity off to Russia) to dictate terms through the control of capital, and then to work out whether to kowtow to that or challenge it.

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