After the original Rolls-Royce Ltd. went bust the British government bought up all it's assets and set up a new company in 1971. The automobile division was spun off as a separate company and sold off a few years later.
The engine company is Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc and ain't a subsidiary of anyone. It's the second largest manufacturer of aircraft engines after CFM.
BMW owns the modern car company and licenses the name and logo from the engine company.
okay, but 8 of the top 10 shareholders (and four of the top four) in Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc are American. I'm not really sure "ain't a subsidiary" is quite what you make of it. I was incorrect, but i hedged, i guessed that the aircraft engine parts wasn't owned by ford, but i was not sure.
in the context of this discussion, if all american investors pulled out of Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc because they were tasked with copying an american engine... could Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc make that engine?
This is what american isolationism means and will look like.
Rolls Royce is also responsible for building and maintaining the nuclear reactors used in Britain's missile launch submarines.
If things really got so bad that American investors began intentionally sabotaging the operations of foreign companies, it would probably be forcibly nationalised by the British Government.
What do you mean by "pull out"? If investors sell their shares then the company including all assets and employees still exist, it just has different owners. The actual obstacle to any separation from US control isn't financial but rather some level of dependence on US parts suppliers and licensed technology.
