Exactly. So why pretend? Trying hard to look like you’re playing fair when the other side’s whole production chain is subsidized and underpinned by a heavily manipulated currency. Not to mention slave labor.
It’s not about whether “we” are any better, but whether we should at least try to save what’s left of our manufacturing sector. You can’t run an economy on shady financial services alone.
The fact that the 25% Trump-era levy on automobile imports wasn’t enough to deter Chinese EV manufacturers should leave people terrified.
The best car manufacturers struggle to hit a 20% profit margin.
It’s a bit let’s say naive to think you can have free trade competition with state sponsored foreign business.
Free trade with 7.5k in subsidies per domestically-produxed unit sold is pretty native too, isn’t it?
Exactly. So why pretend? Trying hard to look like you’re playing fair when the other side’s whole production chain is subsidized and underpinned by a heavily manipulated currency. Not to mention slave labor.
It’s not about whether “we” are any better, but whether we should at least try to save what’s left of our manufacturing sector. You can’t run an economy on shady financial services alone.
We’re talking about the same thing, right? https://www.npr.org/2023/01/07/1147209505/electric-car-tax-credit-climate-bill-tesla-volkswagen-ev