Political motivation of the American company
It became known: the American company General Motors is leaving Russia. She takes with her the German Opel. As TASS reported: “GM will focus on the premium segment of the Russian market with the help of the Cadillac brand and the legendary American Chevrolet models such as the Corvette, Camaro and Tahoe. Chevrolet will minimize its presence in Russia, while Opel will completely leave the Russian market by the end of December 2015. ”
Who scared the crisis in Russia
News automotive and economic experts quickly commented. Some people said that the company's production in our northern capital would be closed. In St. Petersburg, it is supposed to shut down the plant and lay off personnel (today, about 800 people work there). Others focused on economic reasons. They are obvious. Recently, GM has had serious problems with the sale of cars, the dealer network has cracked. Sales centers began to simply close.
These reasons did not open the year. Crisis in the yard. The ruble, which has fallen to critical values, has dramatically raised prices for imported cars. The car dealerships, which were empty in December, did not really come to life after the holidays. According to the Association of European Businesses, for two months of this year, sales of new cars in Russia compared to the same period of the 2014 year fell by a third. Companies that fail implementation, enough for a good list. Citroen has the worst results - sales fell by 78 percent, by Peugeot-81 and Opel-82, by Honda - 86 percent.
As we see, the American company GM did not hit the laggards, except for its Opel. Just the German company and the head company ordered - to leave Russia finally, irrevocably, forever! What is the reason for such a sharp movement, because sooner or later the crisis will pass, and the market with a capacity of millions of cars will remain?
Let's start with Opel. For General Motors, the German company is a sort of “suitcase without a handle.” Americans bought it back in the twenties of the last century. Then Opel was on the verge of bankruptcy. Taking advantage of this, General Motors acquired first 80 percent of the shares of the German concern, and after a while - the remaining 20. In the 1930-s with the advent of the Nazis to power in Germany, GM lost control of Opel. It was returned only after the Second World War. Opel became American again.
New serious problems for the German concern arose already in this century, during the crisis of 2008-2009. Then not only Opel, but also the parent American firm, reeled in the threat of bankruptcy. General Motors decided to sell its European asset. The buyers were a consortium of the Canadian company Magna International and the Russian Sberbank. Everything went to the deal. At the last moment she broke. Geopolitics is involved.
History This is known in Russia. Although the reason was very one-sided: they say that the Germans and the Americans were worried that the Russians, along with the Opel brand, would get modern automotive technology. It seems that the rest of foreign cars with localization, reaching up to fifty percent, are made in Russia with the help of a hammer and chisel! In fact, the overseas partners came to understand that the plants of the German concern fit well into the diversification of the Russian economy and help reduce its dependence on the energy sector. It did not suit them at all. And most importantly - the deal outlined during the crisis became a purchase for dollars of an economic object from the country that prints those same dollars.
Opel was, of course, not in America, so the German government was hooked up. They were preparing for the next election. On the eve of such an important event for the authorities, the current politicians did not smile at all at the prospect of getting thousands of unemployed closed concern. Angela Merkel with ill-disguised displeasure went to the rehabilitation of Opel. Guarantees, government guarantees, direct financial support were used. The head office in American Detroit also got better.
Sanctions are for long
There with payment means not wise. In June, 2009, General Motors began bankruptcy. What according to the laws of the United States filed a lawsuit in a New York court. It happened quickly. Under the terms of the bankruptcy, the company received from the US government 30 billion dollars, instead gave 60 percent of its shares. Another $ 9 billion in exchange for 12 percent of the stock came from the Government of Canada. The court gave 17,5% of the shares to the united trade union of automotive industry workers, the remaining - (10,5%) divided between the largest creditors of the concern. As a result of these actions, within a month and a half after filing a bankruptcy lawsuit in court, a new independent General Motors Company was created instead of the old GM (General Motors Corporation).
US President B. Obama said then that the state does not plan to control GM and will get rid of its stake as soon as the financial situation of the group improves. Words are words, but today, the blocking stake in GM is still written for the US Treasury. Trade unions and Canadians largely retained their shares. Together, this trio controls almost 55 percent of the group's securities. Therefore, the decision of General Motors to leave the Russian market is quite obvious by the United States government. The Germans, using their power in the company, it simply threw out of Russia. For a GM, as noted by Tass, has retained the sale of premium cars, which people like to ride, spoiled by American grants.
The decision of General Motors to withdraw from the Russian market arose against the backdrop of new trends among American politicians. There, voices of those who disagree with the current rhetoric of the US State Department began to sound clearer. Even the well-known Russophobe Z. Brzezinski, who had recently chided his democratic brethren for being too aggressive towards Russia, was noted. According to news agencies, this long-standing ideologue of US foreign policy advised President Barack Obama not to threaten the Russian Federation when looking for ways to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, but to work out a concept for solving the Ukrainian crisis that would suit both the West and Russia.
It seems that Vladimir Putin’s black partner didn’t heed the good advice of his party colleagues, but on the contrary, he found another way to finely pinch Russia. After all, the political motivation of the automobile concern is obvious. (Where have you seen the Americans abandon the finished business? For him, the US is fighting all over the world.). GM's action has been sharpened to continue the sanctions, which for the time being cannot bring their proper result to their initiators I do not think that the Russian market will suffer without the machines of the Detroit company. Rather, General Motors will finally lose business opportunities in our country.
As for the sanctions ... We will survive them. The new generation of American politicians did not understand that Russia, as usual, only grows stronger under pressure. Objective observers learned this long ago.
Who scared the crisis in Russia
News automotive and economic experts quickly commented. Some people said that the company's production in our northern capital would be closed. In St. Petersburg, it is supposed to shut down the plant and lay off personnel (today, about 800 people work there). Others focused on economic reasons. They are obvious. Recently, GM has had serious problems with the sale of cars, the dealer network has cracked. Sales centers began to simply close.
These reasons did not open the year. Crisis in the yard. The ruble, which has fallen to critical values, has dramatically raised prices for imported cars. The car dealerships, which were empty in December, did not really come to life after the holidays. According to the Association of European Businesses, for two months of this year, sales of new cars in Russia compared to the same period of the 2014 year fell by a third. Companies that fail implementation, enough for a good list. Citroen has the worst results - sales fell by 78 percent, by Peugeot-81 and Opel-82, by Honda - 86 percent.
As we see, the American company GM did not hit the laggards, except for its Opel. Just the German company and the head company ordered - to leave Russia finally, irrevocably, forever! What is the reason for such a sharp movement, because sooner or later the crisis will pass, and the market with a capacity of millions of cars will remain?
Let's start with Opel. For General Motors, the German company is a sort of “suitcase without a handle.” Americans bought it back in the twenties of the last century. Then Opel was on the verge of bankruptcy. Taking advantage of this, General Motors acquired first 80 percent of the shares of the German concern, and after a while - the remaining 20. In the 1930-s with the advent of the Nazis to power in Germany, GM lost control of Opel. It was returned only after the Second World War. Opel became American again.
New serious problems for the German concern arose already in this century, during the crisis of 2008-2009. Then not only Opel, but also the parent American firm, reeled in the threat of bankruptcy. General Motors decided to sell its European asset. The buyers were a consortium of the Canadian company Magna International and the Russian Sberbank. Everything went to the deal. At the last moment she broke. Geopolitics is involved.
History This is known in Russia. Although the reason was very one-sided: they say that the Germans and the Americans were worried that the Russians, along with the Opel brand, would get modern automotive technology. It seems that the rest of foreign cars with localization, reaching up to fifty percent, are made in Russia with the help of a hammer and chisel! In fact, the overseas partners came to understand that the plants of the German concern fit well into the diversification of the Russian economy and help reduce its dependence on the energy sector. It did not suit them at all. And most importantly - the deal outlined during the crisis became a purchase for dollars of an economic object from the country that prints those same dollars.
Opel was, of course, not in America, so the German government was hooked up. They were preparing for the next election. On the eve of such an important event for the authorities, the current politicians did not smile at all at the prospect of getting thousands of unemployed closed concern. Angela Merkel with ill-disguised displeasure went to the rehabilitation of Opel. Guarantees, government guarantees, direct financial support were used. The head office in American Detroit also got better.
Sanctions are for long
There with payment means not wise. In June, 2009, General Motors began bankruptcy. What according to the laws of the United States filed a lawsuit in a New York court. It happened quickly. Under the terms of the bankruptcy, the company received from the US government 30 billion dollars, instead gave 60 percent of its shares. Another $ 9 billion in exchange for 12 percent of the stock came from the Government of Canada. The court gave 17,5% of the shares to the united trade union of automotive industry workers, the remaining - (10,5%) divided between the largest creditors of the concern. As a result of these actions, within a month and a half after filing a bankruptcy lawsuit in court, a new independent General Motors Company was created instead of the old GM (General Motors Corporation).
US President B. Obama said then that the state does not plan to control GM and will get rid of its stake as soon as the financial situation of the group improves. Words are words, but today, the blocking stake in GM is still written for the US Treasury. Trade unions and Canadians largely retained their shares. Together, this trio controls almost 55 percent of the group's securities. Therefore, the decision of General Motors to leave the Russian market is quite obvious by the United States government. The Germans, using their power in the company, it simply threw out of Russia. For a GM, as noted by Tass, has retained the sale of premium cars, which people like to ride, spoiled by American grants.
The decision of General Motors to withdraw from the Russian market arose against the backdrop of new trends among American politicians. There, voices of those who disagree with the current rhetoric of the US State Department began to sound clearer. Even the well-known Russophobe Z. Brzezinski, who had recently chided his democratic brethren for being too aggressive towards Russia, was noted. According to news agencies, this long-standing ideologue of US foreign policy advised President Barack Obama not to threaten the Russian Federation when looking for ways to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, but to work out a concept for solving the Ukrainian crisis that would suit both the West and Russia.
It seems that Vladimir Putin’s black partner didn’t heed the good advice of his party colleagues, but on the contrary, he found another way to finely pinch Russia. After all, the political motivation of the automobile concern is obvious. (Where have you seen the Americans abandon the finished business? For him, the US is fighting all over the world.). GM's action has been sharpened to continue the sanctions, which for the time being cannot bring their proper result to their initiators I do not think that the Russian market will suffer without the machines of the Detroit company. Rather, General Motors will finally lose business opportunities in our country.
As for the sanctions ... We will survive them. The new generation of American politicians did not understand that Russia, as usual, only grows stronger under pressure. Objective observers learned this long ago.
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