• Enelop@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    The heavy subsidy by the Chinese government is the reason they would dominate though. The tariffs won’t ever be lifted unless they stop manipulating the prices to be lower than domestic competitors…

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      10 months ago

      They would dominate because they make a good product that isn’t more expensive than it has to be. US car companies have discontinued most affordable options to try and force people to only buy larger, higher end vehicles that most people have no use for. Now they’re mad that international companies are willing to sell the products they refuse to.

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        10 months ago

        Yes, usa car companies are bitches. But it is laughable that you think the reason it isn’t more expensive has nothing to do with being subsidized

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          10 months ago

          The reason it is vastly less expensive is due to being subsidized. You don’t seem to understand what is being said and can be backed by facts.

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            10 months ago

            Allowing your local industries to be dominate is common sense. As much as china is smart to subsidize theirs so heavily, the united states isn’t wrong to tariff them

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        10 months ago

        And not the 3.2 billion that the government dumped into them…

        I’ve heard they are good cars but the price is manipulated.

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          10 months ago

          so… how much did does the us government give its auto industry?

          They gave us auto companies 81 billion between 2008 and 2014, and continue to subsidize the industry to this day.

          pot meet kettle

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      10 months ago

      They aren’t manipulating, shits just cheaper to make over there. So they can make more profit and still charge less.

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      10 months ago

      Government providing money to create innovative new tech and make it available at a lowe cost to their constituents

      Manipulating the prices to be lower

      I just wanted to point out the pervasiveness of capitalist propaganda here. They’re not manipulating prices, they’re helping their people. It just so happens that our capitalistic systems don’t do well when someone helps their neighbor because then we can’t abuse them.

      Now don’t get me wrong though, I’m not gonna sit here and tell you the Chinese government does no wrong. But in just this particular case I think we’re picking the wrong battle

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        10 months ago

        Not regulating China when they did the same with photovoltaic cells is what destroyed the German photovoltaic industry, which before that was leading.