Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 03/2010

Can the U.S. Remain an Attractive Host for FDI in the Auto Industry? New Labor Policy and Flexible Production

Terutomo Ozawa

October 2009

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

Abstract

The author argues that the proposed EFCA, if enacted, would decrease the attractiveness of the United States for FDI in the auto industry. This Perspective was also printed in the Shanghai Daily.