by jb9152
buddah wrote:Hey JB I don't know about that, I wouldn't speak so soon with this new " Buy American" clause the government is signing in to law. For all public works projects and as NICTD is state operated they may get the shaft. Now all orders placed before the clause went into effect are safe and exempt form it. but it will be interesting to see how orders after this will work. Does Nippon even have a US building facility? Parts of the bill already passed and regulate that Steel be made by US companies in the US, also products resulting for steel be manufactured here as well. Canada is Having a FIT right now! The US has killed one of there major exports. It will be interesting to see how this works out.A few things - first, "Buy America" is not new or revolutionary. NICTD is already under its provisions, and the latest order came from Sumitomo / Nippon Sharyo. Second, in order to truly buy American, there would have to be an American railcar builder to buy from. There is not. Bombardier is just as 'foreign' as Nippon Sharyo. Last - you've already noted it - the cars were over 70% assembled in the US. That would certainly be the case with future purchases.
EDIT: form Sumitomo/Nippon web site on there current car projects for the US....
"Car body shells will be manufactured in Nippon Sharayo's Toyokawa plant in Japan and the final assembley will be done at Super Steel's plant in Milwaukee using various components procured in the U.S."
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