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Washington's definition of cooperation: be careful what you wish for because reality can bite back.

Publication: Automotive Design & Production
Publication Date: 01-MAR-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
2009 brought with it a series of fresh faces in Washington and the hopes that the auto industry would--finally--have a seat at the table. It was almost as if you could hear almost everyone in Detroit singing: "Hail to the chief we have chosen for the nation. Hail to the chief! We salute him one and all. Hail to the chief as we pledge cooperation." Stop right there. Have we really thought to ask ourselves what "cooperation" is going to mean for the future of the auto industry?

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