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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.

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[–] MrPhibb@reddthat.com 53 points 7 months ago (29 children)

Chuckles, "Yep, only American manufacturers should be allowed to cheaply build cars in Mexico and export them to the US."

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social -5 points 7 months ago (28 children)

The issue is they're wanting to sell $30,000 cars for $15,000 (with the rest paid for by the Chinese government) which sounds great as a consumer until all the other manufacturers exit the market due to the impossibility of competing with those subsidies. Once they eliminate the competition, they'll start selling these $30,000 cars for $50,000+ because "fuck you who else are you going to buy from?" That's not to say the current crop of manufacturers aren't fucking us over too but this isn't how you eliminate that problem. You're just trading one bully who steals your lunch money for another.

[–] PosadistInevitablity@hexbear.net 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You admitted yourself the harm is already happening; just with American companies.

At the very worst, we are fucked either way.

The alternative is, maybe the Chinese government doesn’t fuck us over. So at least we have a chance with them.

Honestly, that leaves me wondering why you care other than the “scheming asiatic” angle to this

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