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user-inactivated · 3360 days ago · link · · parent · post: Volkswagen emissions scandal could snare other companies, whistleblower claims.
It'll be really interesting to see how this whole thing is handled. On the one hand, VW is a foreign company. A huge hit to them won't be a huge hit to American jobs like it would if this were GM. They're big, but they're not too big and local to punish, if that makes sense. On the other hand though, Germany is strong diplomatic ally to the US Government and probably a pretty strong trading partner to boot. It wouldn't be hard to imagine the German government encouraging The US to go easy on them, if not openly then at least behind closed doors.