The car industry transcends national boundaries. When one considers domestic content as defined by NHTSA, cars or trucks sold by Detroit automakers could be less American than cars or trucks sold by Japanese companies. Some models produced by American-owned car makers have a smaller share of domestic parts than models produced by foreign-owned car makers. Due to global supply chains, it is difficult to identify and label products by nationality.

Questions:

How would you decide what defines an American car and an American car company?

What is the impact of global operations and supply-chain management on the “nationality” of goods and services?