Political Risk Looms Large In Ford's Regional Strategy

Ford Motor reported sales growth of 55% for the Middle East region in the first eight months of 2011, but political stability will be a key feature of its future regional business, both in terms of expansion and dealing with its existing markets. With markets such as Syria and Bahrain showing the effects of lingering tensions, sales growth has been carried by the relative safe havens of the UAE and Saudi Arabia, but Ford's 'long-term opportunity' of Iraq will bring its own

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