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The U.S. government should block the import of low-cost Chinese autos and parts from Mexico, a U.S. manufacturing advocacy group said on Friday, warning they could threaten the viability of American car companies.

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[–] MrPhibb@reddthat.com 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Chuckles, "Yep, only American manufacturers should be allowed to cheaply build cars in Mexico and export them to the US."

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 year ago

American EV manufacturers are consistently cutting their production citing waning demand. This is obviously false since the US is blocking cheap imports, car makers have everything to gain by limiting supply and keeping prices high.

[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago

Well American civilization has been deliberately constructed to require cars for survival outside a number of cities you can count on one hand and cars from US manufacturers are getting so expensive that even used cars are becoming unaffordable to large and growing segments of the population, so I don't know that I care that Ford's bottom line will be impacted.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago

Nooo you can't make affordable cars for people, we need our shitty noncompetitive prestige brands to make the money

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago

So much for free markets. Everything the US was trying to push onto others it is now fighting itself. I love the hypocrisy.

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

I hardly know her!

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

huh theres another petrol derivative called naphtha in english lol, shared etymology for related substances