• Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    I’m usually against tariffs but in this case it seems like a pretty fair tit for tat to China basically removing the budgetary concerns for their manufacturers that said manufacturer’s international counterparts won’t have.

    Subsidizing local production for local markets is fine enough, but exporting products made with an infinite money glitch active is more or less an intentional play at market capture.

    And before some sinoboo tries to gatcha me I do also object to examples where the west subsidizes domestic production for international markets.

    • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      I want a $10000 car that would normally be inflated to $30000 in the US.

      I’m no lover of China, but fuck the capitalist auto companies.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I’m against it but I understand it. Every successful country in the last 500 years has subsidized their foreign facing corporations.

    • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      subsidizing production isnt a bad thing.

      it makes for a quicker transition to ev. its only a problem now because china is doing it.

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      10 months ago

      How moral of you to object to the US government doing the same thing.

      Can I have a means of transportation I can fucking afford now?