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Ford Chairman & CEO Jim Farley Wakes After Decade-long Nap, Shocked By China's EVs - CleanTechnica (cleantechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well, that's kind of what is happening today with brands started in the USA as well (Henrik Fisker pulled this stunt twice with Karma and the Fisker Automotive)

I do get your point, I just have a hard time dismissing any and all Chinese cars when the collective "we" have no issue dealing with China as long as there is some middle man charging a premium. I also have a hard time understanding how tariffs address any of these issues.

China is stable enough, or so it seems, to supply most of our electronics, electrical components, plastics, tools, mechanical parts, etc etc etc... There is certainly a way to work with them in a stable way.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The middlemen you’re talking about are established brands.

In this case, with the auto industry, yes you are correct. However this same exact thing happens with almost any industry. Just a quick example, I home brew, every single device/machine/vessel I have every purchased from my "local" distributors were all made in China. All of it.

I am not saying your concerns are invalid. I am just trying to see how would it ever be different by just applying tariffs to them. Wouldn't it make better sense to demand certain guarantees before they are allowed to sell in the USA? How would any Chinese company ever make it to the KTM status you mention?

And to clarify, I am only "defending" China here because something crazy like 90% of what we use today was made totally or partially in China, so to me it makes no sense they are only good when making money for American companies while we pay the middle man