It's a lot of politics in the auto industry.
In Poland GM has a factory that produce the Opel Astra. When they export them to Ukraine they has to take them apart in a few assemblies. Then they have an assembly plant in Ukraine that put them back together.
This is necessary to avoid heavy taxation for import. When they put the stuff together in Ukraine it is considered as "Made in Ukraine"
As long as you buy the american made Chevrolets and Fords you will not loose any jobs. The cars produced in China are for that market.
Here is a list of current GM plants all over the world, none in China! and a lot in the USA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...tors_factories
On the other hand a lot of Japanese and some European automakers has plants in the US, you don't hear them complain about loosing jobs. They make profit on the sales and are happy with that.
In Sweden some people complain that GM wouldn't release the licenses for the latest SAAB models to anyone who is going to buy the SAAB company, now in bankruptcy. And why should they, those cars contain 100% GM technology that they of course will not sell to any outside company. Without those licenses the SAAB company isn't worth much. The SAAB spareparts company is now owned by the Swedish government as collateral for loans they issued to SAAB when Spyker took over after GM. So there isn't much left of SAAB to buy...
Jan