F If politics makes decisions, it has to expect the economy to react. The American president Donald Trump pulls fences around the United States, then wondering about Harley-Davidson. The American dream on two wheels wants to build its motorcycles destined for Europe in the future outside of North America, because even the hard-boiled clientele can not bear any price markup. Trump denounces the Harley people for it, but what would he have done as an entrepreneur?
The next caesura reaching into the factory halls is in Britain, where democratically legitimated exit from the EU is being prepared. Who thought that was noiseless and above all good for the British, may the news of the past week lead to heart. The aircraft manufacturer Airbus is considering to let its wings no longer mount on the island.
The automaker BMW is considering where the future of its Northern European subsidiary Mini could be. There is no doubt that investments have already been weighed several times. Or ford , The Americans have two roughly equal sales markets in Europe, Germany and the United Kingdom. Their 1.5-liter engines are built in Wales, the UK. Their 1.0-liter machines are manufactured in Cologne. The car to take the Bestseller Focus, arises in Saarlouis. So Ford is exporting engines from the UK to mainland Europe and delivering finished cars from Germany to the UK.
This is called loosely-loose-situation, threatening tariffs and the distortions on the foreign exchange market are already giving the management sleepless nights and give the balance a special position in red. Who closes open markets, for whatever reason, should not be surprised.