GM To Invest 1 bln Dollars In Brazil
www.chinaview.cn 2008-11-19 15:56:11
Special Report: Global Financial Crisis
BRAZILIA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The General Motors Corporation (GM) has decided to invest 1 billion U.S. dollars in Brazil to expand business there, local media reported Tuesday.
The investment was part of a U.S. bailout package and would be used to upgrade car production lines before 2012, said Djame Adila, a GM's official in charge of the markets in Brazil and other member-countries of the South American Common Market which also groups Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Although the company has laid off employees in some other countries in face of the current U.S. financial crisis, it still needs time to valuate the Brazilian market before making any decision, said Adila, adding that a recent announcement of a 3.5-billion-dollar loan plan to automakers by the Brazilian government should boost the car sales in the Brazilian market.
"To withdraw capital from an expanding market is obviously illogical. What we should do is to protect investment to the emerging markets," Adila said.
The company's car sale at the Brazilian market is expected to reach 2.9 million units in 2009, while that for this year is to reach 2.85 million, up 15 percent from last year.
Earl and for anyone interested is this issue, please make note that President Obama is not a dictator and I chant(pray)that he does not get the chance to come as close as our last president got to being one.And, I will use the following from our American Constution to try and explain what I maen by this..,
ARTICLE I, section 8 (this covers the duties of not our president but Congress).so if one wants to go against the"...To withdraw capitol..."then get those phone calls, emails and letters to your representatives in Washington of both political parties and leave our president out of it as the citizens have more control over this than President Obama has...and, as he is a Constitution attorney he already knows about this...(smile)
Love you Earl...