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Climate change and inflation are both important, so we're going to make it as expensive as possible to switch away from fossil fuels.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

He could potentially win Michigan based on this, so you’re probably right in that they did some polls and found this to be a domestically “good” move.

The auto industry is huge in Detroit. If Biden didn’t do this, I could imagine a situation where these budget-friendly Chinese vehicles actually scare the Big Three Auto Companies and the UAW into backing Trump, which would be a disaster.

I believe a defense for the tariffs is that the Chinese government is heavily subsidizing them, but I do not know how true that is.

Still, I detest protectionism lol.

Edit: grammar

[–] cyd 2 points 4 months ago

Ever since the IRA was passed, US complaints about other governments subsidizing manufacturing are basically groundless.