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

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They love the idea of competition right up until they have to actually compete

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They have no problem abusing the same “loophole” for their plants in Europe and Asia.

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The free market is a myth

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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.

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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.

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NAFTA?? who’s she?

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

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I hardly know her!

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