Will Trump administration stop Lockheed from building F-16s in India?

[TexasTowelie]

Earlier this year, Lockheed Martin offered to shift manufacturing of F-16 fighter jets from Fort Worth to India if it wins a big contract to build hundreds of planes for the country.

Now some are wondering whether the Trump administration will allow such a deal to proceed.

“What will be the U.S. policy posture now that the new president-elect is in the mix?” one high-level official at an American defense firm in India told The Washington Post, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “Is he going to continue the policy of engaging in India on co-production and co-development? All of those are unknown at this point.”

President-elect Trump is threatening to penalize companies that shift manufacturing operations overseas. He made his point again last week after traveling to Indiana to announce a deal with Carrier to keep about 1,000 jobs in Indiana that were headed to Mexico in exchange for millions in state tax breaks.

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[COLGATE4]

1. If he does that, in conjunction with his famous telephonic

ass-kissing of the President of Pakistan should be just about enough for India to decide that we are no longer an ally. Look for the India-Pakistani tensions to rise accordingly.

[Lurks Often]

2. No, because those planes are being built for India only

and production in India was part of the contract. The US requires that military equipment be made in the US if the company is from another country, Beretta and Fabrique Nationale are two examples of this.

A tariff can only be applied to items imported into the US

[HAB911]

3. And General Motors, which makes Buick Envisions in China? n/t

[HoustonDave]

4. apples and oranges

This is not unusual; arms deals frequently have stipulations that key components be made in-country to avoid supply chain disruptions. Turkey has been making license built fighter
jets for decades, as has the UK. This is not 'moving manufacturing abroad', this is ADDING manufacturing abroad.