Originally Posted by
alvrb211
Of course there are politics involved. SC just lost out to Virginia on the new Rolls Royce factory. Imagine that. A British engine manufacturer opening a new purpose built factory in Virginia instead of the UK. Many other locations bid for the new plant but Virginia came up with the best incentive package. That's how direct investment inflows work and it happens every day the world over.
The US economy is becoming less important in global politics. However, we still have a system of unipolarity and I think America will remain a hegemon for quite some time. We will certainly have a system of multipolarity in years to come.
AL
When will the British learn not to set up shop in Virginia?
Originally Posted by
The Dominican
Took off out of Taipei today and saw the Dream Lifter 747 cargo A/C (you know, the one outfitted to ferry the 787 fuselage around) at the EVA Air maintenance hangars, if there is an airplane that you can say carry Boeing's reputation every time it flies it's probably the Dream Lifter, this airplane's maintenance is being outsource to Taiwan?? OK, now this outsourcing trend has gotten officially ridiculous
I know of one rather large U.S. airline that sends its 767s over to Hong Kong for maintenance. On the flip side, same airline likes to use its maintenance department to perform outsourced work on other airlines.