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minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoWhat do you mean? Why would Europe impose tariffs on their own cars?
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoEurope wouldn’t. The US would. I’m one of those US-centric users everyone gripes about, it would seem.
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoI don’t think the US would either. Their justification for tariffs on Chinese cars was that they were uncompetitively cheap due to subsidies. Doubt EU is gonna subsidize cars, at least as heavily as China.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour ago Their justification for tariffs on Chinese cars was that they were uncompetitively cheap due to subsidies. That was the justification, yes.
What do you mean? Why would Europe impose tariffs on their own cars?
Europe wouldn’t. The US would. I’m one of those US-centric users everyone gripes about, it would seem.
I don’t think the US would either. Their justification for tariffs on Chinese cars was that they were uncompetitively cheap due to subsidies. Doubt EU is gonna subsidize cars, at least as heavily as China.
That was the justification, yes.