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发帖数: 11530 | 1 Ikea is closing its only US factory and moving production to Europe
London (CNN Business)Ikea is shutting down its only furniture factory in the
United States.
The Swedish company will end production this December at its plant in
Danville, Virginia. Operations will move to Europe, where the company says
it can cut costs.
"We made every effort to improve and maintain the competitiveness of this
plant, but unfortunately the right cost conditions are not in place to
continue production in Danville," site manager Bert Eades said in a
statement.
In justifying its decision, Ikea pointed to raw material prices, which it
said are higher in the United States than Europe. Ikea operates plants in
European countries including Poland, Russia and Sweden.
Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, tweeted in 2018 that workers at
the Danville plant were worried about how tariffs would affect costs. Kaine
said the plant imports many raw materials.
Since Kaine visited the plant, the Trump administration imposed tariffs on
imports of particle board, a common Ikea material, from China.
Ikea said Tuesday the decision to close the plant was not related to tariffs
. It said that particle board used at the Danville plant is purchased from
US suppliers. | d***a
发帖数: 13752 | 2 有很多类似报道了，WSJ也有好几篇。关税战迫使不少企业把生产转移到美国之外，有
一些时候是因为与欧洲的竞争，来避免关税。 | Y***C
发帖数: 249 | 3 和当年美日贸易战最大的区别就是，当年对任何日本优势产业的打压，都是直接帮助美
国本土产业，最不济日本来美国投资建厂增加了美国人的就业，半导体企业就更不用说
了。
现在完全是杀敌一千，自损八百的路子，特朗普说会有很多美国企业撤离中国，但他再
也不提有企业会回到美国，美国论坛上的愤青都懵了，什么，美国企业离开中国去另外
一个社会主义国家越南？和美国人打过仗的地方？比中国人还不保护知识产权的地方？
【在 d***a 的大作中提到】
: 有很多类似报道了，WSJ也有好几篇。关税战迫使不少企业把生产转移到美国之外，有
: 一些时候是因为与欧洲的竞争，来避免关税。
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