James06
Vital Football Legend
david-avfc - 20/1/2014 16:50
The UK has high labour costs, high land value (incentive to sell up and move to cheaper land abroad), and then if there are increased exporting costs and restrictions on trade from not being in the EU then why any large multinational company bother with production in the UK? It's not about Ford telling the UK what to do or blackmail, they are just being realistic and explaining their position, which is the same as most other exporters in the UK...
the cheaper land option is irrelevant to whether the UK remains in the EU. If things are available cheaper abroad then that is where the manufacturers will go and where the consumers will purchase from.
However, on the flip side, if import and export costs are raised then there is an incentive to maintain production within the uk, even if it is downsized to only cater for the UK market.
Australia currently has a problem with high costs due to importing many goods. The impact of this is that because there is a consumer market there - businesses are investing in Australia. The same would happen in the UK.
We could, and should, take advantage of the ever strengthening commonwealth and create our own trade agreements elsewhere. Who needs such one sided against us european links, when we can negotiate fair trade agreements with much stronger and growing economies within the commonwealth and with emerging countries?