Airbus Out, Boeing In

[Eirikur]

To be fair, Airbus have threatened to pull manufacturing out of the UK on more than one occasion pre-Brexit vote.

Before they do jump (if they do which is by no means guaranteed) they should think very seriously about any future military/Government contracts.

Why? Military contracts for Airbus are not limited to UK only and what alternative would the Uk have? ( I mean a viable 100% UK based alternative)

[meridian]

To be fair, Airbus have threatened to pull manufacturing out of the UK on more than one occasion pre-Brexit vote.

Before they do jump (if they do which is by no means guaranteed) they should think very seriously about any future military/Government contracts.

They won’t “jump”, they’ll just move any production to where it makes business sense for them, bit by bit, to retain existing contract advantage through EU FTAs and RoO.

They’ll continue to retain specialist knowledge in the U.K. where it makes business sense, but their footprint may not be as large as it currently is.

You’re right that they have threatened to pull out before, as have many companies, in the hope of putting pressure on the government to retain CU + SM advantages. Now that we’re getting to the business end of leaving and there is still no clarity on the future relationship with the EU though, they need to implement their contingency plans.

Parliament voted last week to retain “no deal” as an option, they shouldn’t be surprised if businesses start to implement BCPs to cover that eventuality.

[sasguru]

To be fair, Airbus have threatened to pull manufacturing out of the UK on more than one occasion pre-Brexit vote.

Before they do jump (if they do which is by no means guaranteed) they should think very seriously about any future military/Government contracts.

Having a strong military presupposes having a strong economy.
Anything affecting the latter affects the former.
There is already a rebellion brewing in Tory ranks about military spending:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...money-defence/

Problem is where is the money to come from?
Health spending has already been promised.
Post Brexit growth rates of 1.5% p.a. don't allow for anything except a magic money tree.

[BlasterBates]

Airbus will move out their commercial aircraft manufacturing. The military aircraft are manufactured in other factories, that will stay. If the government stops giving Airbus contracts that will just kill off the rest of Airbus UK.

Trump is destroying American jobs with his America first policies, and the Tory government may end up doing the same in the UK, just to make a point.

[sasguru]

It's not as if the US will give the UK preferential deals now anyway.

[Old Greg]

It's not as if the US will give the UK preferential deals now anyway.

Sounds like somebody has been reading too much traitorous propaganda. Even the Remoaner BBC concedes that the UK is in the front seat.

Britain will be in the "front seat" to negotiate a new trade deal with the incoming Trump administration, a top Republican in the US Senate has said.

A US-UK trade deal would be a priority, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker said after meeting Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

Barack Obama warned in April that the UK would be at the back of the queue for trade deals if voters chose Brexit.

Mr Johnson has been meeting with top Republicans on Capitol Hill.

"We hear we are first in line to do a great free trade deal with the United States. So, it's going to be a very exciting year for both our countries," he said.

Those meeting with the foreign secretary included House speaker Paul Ryan and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell. He travelled to Washington after meeting with Mr Trump's senior advisers in New York.

A Foreign Office source told the BBC the talks in Washington saw "seriously positive" discussions on the prospects for a future US-UK trade deal.

Mr Corker said Mr Johnson knows "full well" that "there is no way the United Kingdom is going to take a back seat".

"They will take a front seat and I think it will be our priority to make sure that we deal with them on a trade agreement initially but in all respects in a way that demonstrates the long-term friendship that we've had for so long," he said.

The senator, who had been a leading candidate for secretary of state, said he was sure Mr Trump would agree with him.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38565192

[sasguru]

Sounds like somebody has been reading too much traitorous propaganda. Even the Remoaner BBC concedes that the UK is in the front seat.



https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38565192

[BlasterBates]

The US will be eager to do a deal with the UK as it has billions worth of produce to dump that nobody else wants.

[Eirikur]

Sounds like somebody has been reading too much traitorous propaganda. Even the Remoaner BBC concedes that the UK is in the front seat.



https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38565192

By the time the transition period is over and Britain could negotiate its own deals, Trump will already be out of office (assuming he won't be elected for a second term)

[BlasterBates]

Trump supporters becoming impoverished

"We’re at the blunt of the spear, and the spear is kind of penetrating," Heimerl said. "We’re bleeding pretty badly. The Midwest elected our president. He has made many statements, realizing the red states in Midwest elected him. He promised to look after our farmers, but talk only goes so far. You can be patient only so long.”