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Record Nr.

UNINA9910863278703321

Autore

Suzuki Hitoshi

Titolo

Japanese Investment and British Trade Unionism : Thatcher and Nissan Revisited in the Wake of Brexit / / by Hitoshi Suzuki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9789811590580

9811590583

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXI, 195 p. 1 illus.)

Collana

New Directions in East Asian History, , 2522-0209

Disciplina

741.67407474811

Soggetti

History, Modern

International relations

Europe - Economic integration

Retail trade

Modern History

International Relations

European Economic Integration

Trade and Retail

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Japan' s post-war reconstruction, the car industry, and Nissan/Datsun -- British car industry and Anglo-Japanese relations in the post-war period -- The negotiations over financial assistance and local contents -- The deal: financial aid and local contents -- Plant location Sunderland -- Epilogue -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book revisits the long contested negotiation between the Thatcher administration and Nissan for the latter's first green-field plant in Europe. From the very beginning, the plant took Britain's EC/EU membership and tariff-free access to the single market as a token. A considerable amount of aid including component supplies was provided to attract Japanese investment and to prevent its transfer to the continent. The successful launch of Sunderland highlighted improved Anglo-Japanese relations and put an end to the Japan-EC/EU trade conflict. But the price was paid by Nissan's slump and fall, and by trade



unions in both countries failing to keep counterchecks on management. Brexit and the fall of Carlos Ghosn were a double blow to Anglo-Japanese relations which are in a state of drift and need redefinition.