What will this cat and mouse game bring to consumers and industry?
New products, more investment in R&D, ultimately innovation?
Right now it seems that manufacturers are keen to select some designs, evaluate the expected performance and buy the rights for a particular block or whatever, instead of coming out with something new.
In some cases even copy or adapt the design.
Saves a lot of effort, and if the product already earned the people's reputation for quality or performance the numbers play a secondary role.
Furthermore, if a manufacturer boasts some performance claim he has to back it up, but if he plays a low profile and keeps his mouth shut while selling loads, no questions are asked by anyone, even the buyers.Strange?
Economical survival and low cash to invest in R&D, is a serious limitation of new developments.
Opening subsidiaries in China and contracting there proves that the only concern is economics and the sales numbers. Then China behaves like another imitator and everybody yells.
A second "NAFTA"?
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