Post #1012419
2026-04-01 12:37 UTC
This is actually one of the very few places that US tariffs make sense. (Not from a consumer perspective of course, but from a nationalist industry protection point of view.) The rest of the tariffs the US places are silly because there isn’t much other manufacturing in the US to protect.
Replies (3)
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@ellen.kimble@piefed.social 2026-04-01 12:58
Oil dependency is a national security issue for a lot of countries, tariffs on EVs have really backfired here while also increasing climate change
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@SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2026-04-01 15:43
Nope. Tariffs reduce competition and you end up with a shitty local option that just costs more and sales die anyway.
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@Buffalox@lemmy.world 2026-04-01 12:39
>This is actually one of the very few places that US tariffs make sense. Not really if you want fair competition.