Thread: Nissan shedding workers.

If you want manufacturing, value adding and food production and processing in Australia, do this: Read the label and buy in season.

Simple actions and buying patterns of consumers drive Australian industry and content far more effectively than regulation or complaining do.

I buy a few things directly from overseas, but I rarely buy with price as my first or only consideration. When it comes to food, I read ever label and check the source for 'fresh' food.

Originally Posted by PAT303

If high wages and costs are the problem why isn't German manufacturing going down hill?. Pat

Very simply put Europe is a big close market(frieght wise etc) , common currency and the germans lend the likes of Greece, Portugal, Spain etc the Euros on bonds cheaply so they can buy German goods!!!!!, only fault in the "scheme" is when the likes of Greece etc cannot pay back the money (for any number of reasons) and also stop buying german goods, a kind of Ponzi scheme overall which is falling apart as we all can see and why Germany is resisting lending "cheap" Euros to the countries who are basically not paying their way.
German is losing manufacturing to Eastern Europe like Poland , Czech and even in Russia (near Moscow)where my wifes family lives there are German factories setting up because of reduced labour costs etc as well.
Everybody is experiencing problems in Western Europe . Germany at present has less problems but potentionally with their European export markets changing if some countries leave the Eurozone and get their own money they will have more problems exporting goods priced in Euros to those who have there own new devalued currencies.