Comment on Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs

ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They’re trying to block mexican made Chinese vehicles as well. They don’t want Americans buying cheap evs.

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  • Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, they don’t want the profits getting funneled off to China.

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    • AProfessional@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thats great for GM and Ford execs. It just means Americans can’t afford cars.

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      • Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sure. And - ya know - not funneling money into a totalitarian regime.

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      • ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So what about Tesla, Kia, Hyundai, Nissan, Toyota, Subaru, and all the rest? You say we can’t afford cars yet 15 million new cars are sold every year here. New cars have never been something that just anyone can buy which is why the used market is so much larger.

        Selling Chinese EVs here below cost isn’t going to improve anything. It’s just going to put a bunch of competitors out of business and drive wages even further down.

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  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The tariffs are for Steel and Aluminium, intentionally shifting the discussion to EVs is disingenuous, just like the article.

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• arin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Make them in USA.

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  • Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This makes the most sense. Sell them here. Built elsewhere? Tax the shit out of them. You can avoid the tax by creating American jobs and having them manufactured here.

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    • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s what the chicken tax is/was. This is just a tax on EVs made by Chinese companies. It’s pretty ridiculous.

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      • Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, why not? They aren’t prohibited, they’re just being given a disadvantage compared to American made vehicles being sold in America. A tax for notoriously poor labor standards, we can call it. If they want to use a union shop somewhere in middle America they can avoid that tax altogether.

        If I misunderstood you please correct me.

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  • Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They don’t want to, they want you to keep using gas.

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  • GeneralVincent@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Make them on the moon!

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