Climate change and inflation are both important, so we’re going to make it as expensive as possible to switch away from fossil fuels.
Climate change and inflation are both important, so we’re going to make it as expensive as possible to switch away from fossil fuels.
He could potentially win Michigan based on this, so you’re probably right in that they did some polls and found this to be a domestically “good” move.
The auto industry is huge in Detroit. If Biden didn’t do this, I could imagine a situation where these budget-friendly Chinese vehicles actually scare the Big Three Auto Companies and the UAW into backing Trump, which would be a disaster.
I believe a defense for the tariffs is that the Chinese government is heavily subsidizing them, but I do not know how true that is.
Still, I detest protectionism lol.
Edit: grammar
Ever since the IRA was passed, US complaints about other governments subsidizing manufacturing are basically groundless.