That’s a joint venture with two American manufacturers (and Daimler trucks North America itself was an American company it bought out), it’s not a realistic comparison.
Fine. Then how about Japan-domiciled Panasonic [0][1] and Toyota [2], as well as (South Korean) Samsung and Stellantis' gigafactory [3]?
You didn't see similar persistent flouting of labor and immigration laws despite all 3 being lead by Asian (and in some cases Korean) companies with similar organizational structures.
Hyundai played it fast and loose. If Samsung SDI can open a gigafactory in the US while following US laws, why can't Hyundai?
Just because ICE was extremely heavy-handed does NOT absolve or give Hyundai-LG the right to break American labor or immigration laws, or ask for special treatment.
Even Biden bluntly told Hyundai leadership to "Hire American" [4] following pushback over this plant.
I must confess that these specific stories are outside my domain of knowledge that I can’t comfortably comment on them specifically.
My understanding is that it is fairly common practice for foreign companies to send experts from their home countries in order to do knowledge transfer, since the skill set isn’t available domestically.
You also have to wonder how illegal immigration is managed in Korea.
I'm going to assume they take a very different approach from what they are expecting from the US.
alephnerd|5 months ago
You didn't see similar persistent flouting of labor and immigration laws despite all 3 being lead by Asian (and in some cases Korean) companies with similar organizational structures.
Hyundai played it fast and loose. If Samsung SDI can open a gigafactory in the US while following US laws, why can't Hyundai?
Just because ICE was extremely heavy-handed does NOT absolve or give Hyundai-LG the right to break American labor or immigration laws, or ask for special treatment.
Even Biden bluntly told Hyundai leadership to "Hire American" [4] following pushback over this plant.
[0] - https://na.panasonic.com/news/panasonic-energy-begins-mass-p...
[1] - https://www.desotoks.us/394/Panasonic-Electric-Vehicle-Batte...
[2] - https://www.toyota.com/usa/operations/map/tbmnc
[3] - https://news.samsungsdi.com/global/articleView?seq=36
[4] - https://www.ft.com/content/c677b9aa-2e89-4feb-a56f-f3c8452b3...
comte7092|5 months ago
My understanding is that it is fairly common practice for foreign companies to send experts from their home countries in order to do knowledge transfer, since the skill set isn’t available domestically.
https://x.com/_mm85/status/1964631794260857114
judahmeek|5 months ago
Where's the evidence of this persistent flouting of immigration laws?
How do you that the other factories don't (or didn't) have the exact same issues & Hyundai was just the first factory that ICE chose to target?
lawlessone|5 months ago
I'm seeing a lot of demands form the US with the only upside being the privilege to sell stuff to Americans. What can they use those dollars to buy?
lazyeye|5 months ago