Depending entirely on the U.S. market is a losing strategy for any manufacturing business in the long run and bad for employment in America.

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David Bailey, Professor of International Business Strategy and Economics at Coventry University, believes Westminster should be supporting the manufacturing industry.

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The company's international strategy is to operate as a local business in every market, with selling, distributing and manufacturing taking place locally, Coca-Cola stated in a release.

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