US announces higher China tariffs, including 100% for EVs – DW – 05/14/2024
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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.
  • Granbo's Holy Hotrod@lemmy.world
    English
    171·
    2 months ago

    Maybe the presidents generation shouldn’t have sold all our manufacturing for plastic trinkets too, but here we are.

  • NegativeInf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • Bye@lemmy.worldEnglish
      112·
      2 months ago

      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.

    • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      52·
      2 months ago

      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.

      • BossDj@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        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)

        • GenEcon@lemm.eeEnglish
          12·
          2 months ago

          So we are competing how is subsidizing the EV industry the most? Thats a stupid idea.