• dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      To be fair, this is denying government subsidies, which is more of a free market than giving subsidies. This is especially true for Chinese companies, since they are by definition state-owned.

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        7 months ago

        This is US car companies using their paid off politicians to make the US pressure another country into not making a deal that would increase competition in that market to their detriment .That’s many layers of fuckery deeper.

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          7 months ago

          Everything you said is true, except you are missing the context that this is for-profit US car companies not wanting to compete against state-owned car manufacturers who get all of their money from China and can take huge losses in order to outsell for-profit, private entities.

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        7 months ago

        Except every other company gets subsidies, so this is specific and not “fait market”.

        The current fair market for EV manufacturers includes getting a buttload of incentives from governments.

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          7 months ago

          The key word there is “company.” Chinese car manufacturers are not companies, they are the state-owned entities.