Wow! Smirk tells US corps in the UK to close up and come home

[donsu]

http://www.thisislondon.com/news/business/articles/timid70616

US firms told 'take UK jobs home'

GEORGE Bush's administration has called on US companies in Britain to relocate jobs to America in an astonishing move that could trigger a major trade war.

US-based multinationals have been told they will receive compensation from American trade authorities if they cancel contracts in Britain and take jobs home, according to CBI director-general Digby Jones.

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Speaking at the CBI's annual conference in Birmingham, Jones said: 'Three chief executives of American companies investing in Britain have told me to my face that they have been told to close down, bring their stuff home and make it in the US.'

He said the companies were major employers in defence or manufacturing.

Jones continued: 'Whether flouting international law with their steel tariffs or telling their companies to come home, this bullying affects Britain and British jobs.

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American companies have a massive presence in Britain and are responsible for providing an estimated one million jobs.
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See - protest Smirk having tea with the queen and they will take your jobs away. and at the same time they can call the returning corps. as job growth.

[aquart]

1. He went to Britain to do this? Britain?

Not Mexico, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, India, or China?

Britain?

Where he's a guest of the Queen?

LOL!

[Don_G]

4. Which Queen?

Elizabeth or the other one that isn't mentioned in the press?

[Momof1]

5. LMAO to funny eom

[aquart]

6. Ah, he didn't do it himself, of course.

What do we know about George? Volunteer for a photo op with him and see your funding cut.

Never schedule a photo op with George.

[trotsky]

2. When we do this kind of stuff to our FRIENDS...

no wonder we have so many enemies.

[xray s]

3. Yeah...and as soon as the wheels touch down in NYC...

...those jobs will be reticketed to China or India or wherever the cheapest labor is.

[arcane1]

10. you said it

I'm not really sure WTF this is all about, but I find it odd that he's demanding corps pull out of one of the few countries that have worker's rights, etc..

I think I may have answered my own question

[SpiralHawk]

7. This will go down in history as a Major Boner

Nice timing, Chimpy.

"I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things."
- George W. Bush, Aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

[BlueEyedSon]

8. But India and China are A-OK! nt

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

9. And Bush steals the jobs issue from the Democrats...

Thanks a lot, Clark, Dean, and Kerry supporters, for getting behind pro-NAFTA "free trade" candidates. Now while the Democrats will give us lofty talk about the glorious globalized future, Bush will be able to bamboozle Americans over the jobs issue with some red meat and highly publicized deals with his contributors.

Just like with Gore, this election is ours to lose.

[JM]

11. It has nothing to do with job growth.

Chimp could care less about jobs. All he cares about is defense related industry not costing him more. If we get into a trade war with the EU, any defense industries with operations overseas will cost us more. Chimp just wants to guarantee we get the most bang for our bucks...Literally.

Later,
JM