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Titan International Chairman Maurice Taylor on his experience with a French tire factory and the future of U.S. manufacturing.
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An American chief executive criticizing the French Morry Taylor from Titan International his the last thing -- to the French government.
After refusing to -- tore open a -- plant in France is the direct quote.
The French workforce gets paid high wages what looks -- -- three Alice they get one alpha breaks and lunch -- for three and world for three I told the French union workers this to that basis they told lake that is the French way.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- It's what they said to me you -- struck well the truth again that was the French what do you think of American unions.
Well I think the I had a union workforce and our plant up and them.
-- you know you have to mandates you have to manage it have you work rules right.
American working men and women around.
Our great.
They'll get what you implied that you've basically said the French French welcomes -- lazy the world loves imposed -- lazy you wouldn't extend that to America which.
Knowledge and I won't extended to all the Frenchman have a we have a factory France -- -- -- -- fifteen years signal great job.
What you have there is people have to understand -- over four years Goodyear has been trying to.
Shut down part and save 500 jobs.
This minister.
He did not go to Goodyear.
And then trying to work the deal for -- here because.
We don't on the Baghdad factory but we were over there we had agreed.
But it was up to Goodyear in the union.
And they don't care but those -- 500 of them.
Highest paid jobs in France.
So what so this politicians.
Why wasn't he talking with -- he chose to hound us I mean we got.
Lot of emails he wrote me a letter.
I was in Australia so I answer them back and his stolen afraid of fact somebody published it best when he did he put it -- people who said.
-- he he slipped it to the I think he was looking.
To rally.
You know hey I don't stick him out.
-- politicians are not for the working men and women that's always a working men and women they get better.
You see a strong future for manufacturing in the United States with a without union's right to expect or not -- that you got a strong future.
Kia as opposed to China or someplace else.
Well you have the Chinese Government that supported -- their manufacturing and I mean you didn't start losing.
Manufacturing.
Tell.
A Democrat -- -- -- Clinton gave favored nation.
And then you had.
Companies that rush for the cheap but you don't want to happen the American government support American manufacturers to keep jobs -- or do you I don't I think what have a losses our trade policy basis.
Fair trade I can't -- tires to China.
Without paying a duty extension from the Brazil you can't ship and it's the same all over if you're gonna charge me your fair trade.
If they charge -- We -- to do otherwise you but -- American workers will kick the hell out of everybody to Chinese time has come to America duty free.
They work and did my government stop it.
We suit I have to go to Washington you have to lawyer -- -- the lawyers -- seven million.
And then we have a trial we prove it so they slap to do these -- What do you make of the state of America's economy we've been talking this morning that is the Wal-Mart economy that is slow growth high tax.
Big debt slow growth slow growth -- that we keep hearing that what do you make of it.
Well whenever you have whether you look at most of the State's.
They're in trouble.
Our our president's from Chicago.
Chicago's state of Illinois screwed up.
You have to have some people.
That understand.
You've got -- -- government.
For that you.
-- have the private industry create jobs in the -- -- we haven't got that right now we're not gonna have a front of the full year is -- least well we've got to remember too I got a little more optimism -- American workers.
You know that.
Eventually they'll straighten it out it was bad back in the twenties and the thirties we've had.
Crazy politicians for a long time it's nothing new but you have to look at up.
It'll look at apple apple did pretty good I'm laughing because he's crazy politics is just check -- out that -- you realize the impact and crazy politicians you realize the impact of that.
Well.
-- shatters your betters they're actors signal to I've been in this racket to.
It then tell you what you wanna hear 180 degrees -- another.
It's all about that -- of your breath of fresh you really a more -- tell you really when you come back and -- is again colleagues really.
I'm in knuckle time you -- closed almost more accent that Titan International thanks for joining us much I want to thank you.
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