PVMI member Susan Helper discusses Ford Motor Company’s recent decision to invest upwards of $1 billion in Cleveland-area plants.…Read More
Ford Motor Co. Invests Over $1 Billion in Cleveland
Susan Helper
Trump’s Battle on Car Emission Standards Could Hurt the Auto Industry
PVMI member Susan Helper explain that relaxed emissions standards may lead to “less innovation and less competitiveness” for U.S. automakers.…Read More
Opinion: Closure of General Motors’ Lordstown Plant Was Not Inevitable
In an opinion piece, PVMI member Susan Helper blames both GM’s practices and U.S. public policies for the recent shutdown of a Lordstown, Ohio plant.…Read More
Can A Reagan-Era Policy Offer An Alternative To Tariffs?
A Reagan-era trade policy impacting the auto industry could offer a useful example to the current administration, says PVMI member Susan Helper. In an interview with NPR, Helper addresses the 1981 voluntary export restraint placed on Japanese carmakers in lieu of a tariff. …Read More
Why Undermining Fuel Efficiency Standards Would Harm the U.S. Auto Industry
Efforts to roll back U.S. fuel efficiency standards could erode the auto industry’s last decade of progress, warns PVMI member Susan Helper. In an opinion piece for the Brookings Institute, Helper and coauthors Jason Miller and Mark Muro write that a single, progressively more stringent national standard has been instrumental…Read More
Here’s What Happens When a Chinese Firm Buys a Closed GM Plant
On his campaign trail, President Trump widely accused China of stealing American jobs and using unfair trade practices. But the reality is more complex: a Chinese firm recently bought a closed GM plant and turned it into a glass factory, in fact giving a lifeline in a hard-hit part of…Read More
The Real Apprentice: How to Bring Jobs Back
Closing America’s job skills gap hinges on apprenticeship programs, suggests a new Department of Commerce study. Apprenticeships train workers to fill important jobs, providing companies with a talent pipeline, and perhaps most critically, allow companies to bring on highly skilled workers to complement new technologies and equipment. Despite fears surrounding…Read More
Many Lament Job Losses as Auto Work Moves to Mexico
The North American Free Trade Agreement has been criticized for massive job losses in the United States’ midwestern automotive industry as jobs move to Mexico. PVMI member Susan Helper, a professor at Case Western Reserve University, notes that the expansion of the auto sector in Japan and South Korea, as well as the nonunion southeastern United States, is also to blame.…Read More