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Remember when the US lectured the world on opening markets and free trade?
that was just to abuse our markets
But not China!!!
(Except for the copious amount of drop shipping we do, component parts, manufacturing, and many other aspects of the global economy we engage with them on and will continue to do unabated once the political theatre is out of the way because people want to believe in a boogeyman that’s making eggs more expensive)
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
Whoa unexpected call for violence.
Huh. No mention of rules to prevent the Chinese from buying these data on the secondary market. Weird.
I keep saying that it’s just a fantasy that everyone and big tech in particular isn’t quietly selling stuff to the Chinese, especially our data since it’s so easy. Why would they be beholden to national interests when they only exist to make money?
Don’t worry I’m sure the billions of dollars we just gave GM to make an EV will actually result in GM making an EV and totally not pocketing free tax payer money for the nth time.
Source?
Lame, I would totally have bought one.
That’s the point. This is nothing more than protectionism so you continue to buy western made cars. Now you don’t even have a choice.
That’s…overstepping a bit here. They aren’t banning all foreign cars. They’re banning cars from a state enemy that aims to enrich said enemy. They aren’t banning Hyundai, Honda, Kia…etc. China has been straight up bragging about destroying the US economy and car industry with the BYD slave labor built cars. It would be stupid if they didn’t do something about that.
When China has the only affordable EVs currently and the US government prevents Americans from buying them, then that means the US government made a decision to slow the global adoption of EVs.
They don’t have the only affordable EVs, they have the CHEAPEST. There’s a big difference.
I know it’s hard to imagine what it’s like, but when somebody is poor then “cheapest” = “only”
I can afford chinese EVs that go for 10-12k
I can’t afford a 35-60k tesla, or would buy one on principal.
That’s why this slows the world’s transition to EVs.
Our oligarchs want us to compete to the death for their ever dwindling relative to inflation and productivity scraps, but they’ve grown too powerful to tolerate competition themselves.
Not when they’ve gone to all the trouble of normalizing monopolies and duopolies at home.
tHe MaRkEt WiLl ReGuLaTe ItSeLf!
Great taxpayer money going to luxury cars for rich people. The party of the rich and upper middle class.
