29 May 2019, 21:30
"Creating high-tech jobs"... for a few years at least. After that, so sorry.
btw, "build" likely only means to "assemble" the modules built elsewhere.
Here is a sneaky way to get around offsets too. Start a local "partnership" for the assembly. All purchase orders go through the "partnership" so it's all an offset. The Saab-side of the partnership orders all the modules from the parent company so that no profit is made by the "partnership". No profit means no income or corporate taxes for the "partnership".
In the end, the only real offset is the local labor and will be a fraction of what was promised.
Now, compare that to the way the JPO has set up the JSF program. Partner nation local businesses build the parts, at a profit, and pay taxes.. for decades. Their employees can count on very long term contracts instead of short-term, flash-in-the-pan jobs that Saab will generate.
"The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese."