Originally Posted by +8Rich
Originally Posted by Hamwich
Originally Posted by +8Rich
So Lord Bamford quietly goes about his business whilst everyone else wastes effort moaning cool

Not such good news for British JCB employees though. Looks like Bamford is increasing his US operations to get round tariffs if the kit is British-built. Moving production overseas is rarely a good idea from the domestic perspective (see JLR, Dyson, Ineos, etc etc)
I think the implication is that he intends to increase market share over there as opposed to reducing the workforce here, which incidentally I see growing with the invention of his hydrogen power units particularly in the EU.

I hope I'm not being overly optimistic on this one but I don't imagine him wanting hydrogen power units.

So a good win as also supplies more jobs to USA blue collar workers, which the Gibbon seems intent on exterminating in his new world.

Very little point in moving production to USA other than for domestic demand as any exported JCB's from US will inevitably face reciprocal tariffs in other markets, that wont be incurred in the same way if exported from the UK.


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