• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It depends on how it’s done. If the Chinese government is directly subsidizing the cheap cars then it’s a problem.

    Kind of like the US subsidizing farmers and then dumping the cheap corn on other countries such that their local farmers go out of business.

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      11 months ago

      That’s capitalism. You don’t get to complain because someone else gets a better deal.

      China will always be able to produce cheaper products because the cost of living is lower there. But that is hardly a major revelation.

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      11 months ago

      they have dropped subsidies, and the companies making terrible product, and those with unsustainable business models are collapsing… Weltmeister, Lepin… all defunct.