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ABC: U.S. Regulators Consider 2nd Fine Against Toyota

  • すでに1640万ドルの罰金を請求されているトヨタ。

NHTSA may pursue a second fine based on documents submitted by Toyota, which indicated there were two separate defects in the recalled pedals, the letter showed. The agency said Toyota would have faced a fine totaling $13.8 billion if not for caps set by U.S. law.

  • NHTSAはさらに罰金を課す模様。
  • その額...総額138億ドル！
  • ただし、今の法律では個別企業に課すことのできる罰金上限が1637.5万ドルとなっているので、トヨタが破産しちゃうようなことはない。

Asia Times: US lawsuits may flood China drywalls

  • アメリカのプレハブ住宅では壁材に石膏板(drywall)を使うことがある。
  • 「中国から輸入された石膏板に含まれる防腐剤が気化し、住民の健康や住宅の価値を脅かしている」という集団訴訟があり、連邦裁判所はその訴えを認めた。
  • 賠償額は、一件あたり48万ドル。(ざっと4500万円)
  • すごいのは、対象の石膏板を中国製に限定していないこと。

"Accordingly, all Chinese drywall must be removed from the Plaintiff-intervenors' homes. There seems to be little or no dispute on this issue. There is dispute, however, over the scope of remediation where the home contains both Chinese drywall and non-Chinese drywall. The issue is whether all drywall should be removed or only the problematic drywall in this case. The overwhelming evidence reveals that in such mixed structures it is necessary to remove all the drywall, both Chinese and other," Judge Fallon said.

  • 「住宅から石膏板を取り除け。中国製か否かに関わらず。」と、裁判所が決定。
  • 対象となる住宅は米国に数千件ある模様。
  • 48万ドル×1000=4億8000万ドル...
  • 誰が払うか？

The judge's decision focused on drywall made by one company, Shandong Taihe Dongxin, which on September 10, 2007, changed its name to Taishan Gypsum. Yet, it is another Chinese drywall company, state-owned Beijing New Building Material PLC (BNBM), that stands out because of its ties via the China National Building Material Company, Limited (CNBM Co., Ltd) and China National Building Material Group Corporation (AS CNBM Group) on up to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (SASAC). BNBM holds a controlling interest in Shandong Taihe Dongxin.

  • 問題の石膏板を生産したのはいわゆる国営企業。
  • 中国国務院配下の国有資産管理監督委員会に請求書がいくの？？