US to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs next week

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US to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs next week
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I'm usually against tariffs but in this case it seems like a pretty fair tit for tat to China basically removing the budgetary concerns for their manufacturers that said manufacturer's international counterparts won't have.

Subsidizing local production for local markets is fine enough, but exporting products made with an infinite money glitch active is more or less an intentional play at market capture.

And before some sinoboo tries to gatcha me I do also object to examples where the west subsidizes domestic production for international markets.

I prefer the circular solution. Make a tariff equal to the delta, and use the tariff to subsidize local production and reduce the delta.

Now this I can get behind. We should fight back by subsidization of production as heavily as China is theirs.

subsidizing production isnt a bad thing.

it makes for a quicker transition to ev. its only a problem now because china is doing it.

I'm against it but I understand it. Every successful country in the last 500 years has subsidized their foreign facing corporations.

How moral of you to object to the US government doing the same thing.

Can I have a means of transportation I can fucking afford now?

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