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The U.S. government should block the import of low-cost Chinese autos and parts from Mexico, a U.S. manufacturing advocacy group said on Friday, warning they could threaten the viability of American car companies.
- smoothbrain coldtakes ( @canis_majoris@lemmy.ca ) 19•7 months ago
If the American car companies focused on their own viability they wouldn’t have this problem. Instead they focused on making the electrification process a premium luxury while the Chinese made it as affordable as possible.
- AE5NE ( @AE5NE@lemmy.radio ) 6•7 months ago
There’s no way to be viable against a heavily government-subsidized competitor who operates in a country with little to no labor, environmental, or safety regulation.
- 1rre ( @1rre@discuss.tchncs.de ) 3•7 months ago
Exactly right with regards to China, less so Mexico…
If you’re making fun of the US for being pro-free market but not here, surely it makes sense for them to tariff imports the same amount that their production is subsidised, or to subsidise the same amount as everyone else to at least approximate the free market
- unmagical ( @unmagical@lemmy.ml ) 15•7 months ago
No. We should absolutely let them in so that hard working Americans have more ready access to affordable wares and help their paychecks stretch longer.
You wouldn’t want to interfere with the God-given competition and the invisible hand that fuel the market would you?
- Banzai51 ( @Banzai51@midwest.social ) English11•7 months ago
Fucking compete you losers.
- Monkey With A Shell ( @ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com ) 10•7 months ago
Free market enterprise will sort it out and all right?
- lilmann ( @lilmann@beehaw.org ) 6•7 months ago
Mercedes blocking the import of cars less than 25 years old is the reason I can’t have any of the cool overseas cars that I want. Fuck them, let cars come over here if we want them
- Comrade GitGud ( @gitgud@lemmy.ml ) 3•7 months ago
USA: Big fan of free markets until communists enter the ring.