The US has announced a series of increased tariffs on goods in various key sectors hailing from China. Semiconductors, solar cells, batteries, electric vehicles and some minerals are among the affected items.
I always think, why not just let em sell it at the price they are? It’s not like our market is competing. So flood the market with cheap Chinese EVs until our own industry starts actually producing good, inexpensive EVs.
Everything is about protecting corporations here. I just want to be able to afford a car that doesn’t pollute as much! Or literally better public transit.
Chinese government subsidizes EV production so this is not a fair competition. The only way to counter that and do local production subsidies (which US already does to some extent) and tariffs.
Something needs to be different other than just punishing the Chinese. EV prices are shit in the US. It’s already unfair. These tariffs should be fed directly into subsidizing EV production and factory development with strict scrutiny (NOT blank check handouts to corporations)
I always think, why not just let em sell it at the price they are? It’s not like our market is competing. So flood the market with cheap Chinese EVs until our own industry starts actually producing good, inexpensive EVs.
Everything is about protecting corporations here. I just want to be able to afford a car that doesn’t pollute as much! Or literally better public transit.
Because of environmental and labor cost differences.
Chinese companies can pay lower wages and pollute more freely compared to US and European companies. So a tariff offsets those advantages.
Chinese government subsidizes EV production so this is not a fair competition. The only way to counter that and do local production subsidies (which US already does to some extent) and tariffs.
Something needs to be different other than just punishing the Chinese. EV prices are shit in the US. It’s already unfair. These tariffs should be fed directly into subsidizing EV production and factory development with strict scrutiny (NOT blank check handouts to corporations)
So we are competing how is subsidizing the EV industry the most? Thats a stupid idea.
Didn’t we bail out the big 3 with tax dollars not that long ago?