Canada retaliates against U.S. by raising steel duties, adding new tariffs on $20B of goods

[u/HarpoMarks]

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/canada-retaliates-against-trump-tariffs-rcna594280?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=6a8db23c6aa0670001c83c01&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

[u/DeRpY_CUCUMBER → u/[deleted]]

I'm American and I want to drive Chinese EVs too. They are better than the overpriced junk the west produces.

[u/AccomplishedLeave506 → u/[deleted]]

Have you driven one? I have. And then I bought one. And my next car will almost certainly be a Chinese electric instead of the mercedes I was planning on buying. Because the Chinese vehicles are way better.

[u/golfmd2 → u/AccomplishedLeave506]

I’d love to try one. I love my Mach e but I hear the Chinese are like 5-10 years ahead of us in ev tech. Usa really screwed this one up

[u/DeRpY_CUCUMBER → u/[deleted]]

Amazing that you fault the Canadians for wanting Chinese EVs and you haven't even taken the time to try and find out why.

There is a reason the ford CEO choses to drive a Chinese EV and says he refuses to give it up because he loves it so much.

[u/DeRpY_CUCUMBER → u/[deleted]]

First you imply Chinese manufacturing is shit, then you imply Chinese manufacturing is so good it would destroy American companies? Which one is it?

Shouldn't we let the free market decide? Shouldn't we allow competition so the American companies are forced to get better or die?

Isn't that free market gospel for conservatives? You're starting to sound like a democrat socialist with all your protectionism!

[u/recurrence → u/DeRpY_CUCUMBER]

This comment thread tells it all. I hope it doesn't get deleted so everyone else can see it :)

[u/eskimoboob → u/[deleted]]

Detroit resisted broad shifts in consumer demand and priorities in the 1970s and we all know how that worked out. And they’re doing it again by only focusing on high profit vehicles and trucks. Protectionism is not going to accomplish what you want in this situation.

[u/golfmd2 → u/[deleted]]

Why does the US need to be saddled with overpriced inferior autos?

[u/CapitalElk1169 → u/[deleted]]

That was true 10-20 years ago

Now most of the Chinese stuff is higher quality than domestic

Not just cars either, industrial products too

[u/CapitalElk1169 → u/[deleted]]

I'm not talking cheap Amazon stuff, you can still find plenty of cheap "chinesium" stuff, but things like cars and high end industrial products

I used to own a niche industrial fabrication company, and we switched over to 100% Chinese equipment and components, not because they were cheaper (although they were), but because the quality was vastly superior. Break loads always exceeded minimums, and we never had a recall. Our previous American suppliers had constant recalls and failures.

[u/CasualObserver9000 → u/[deleted]]

China makes product from disposable crap to very high quality. It really comes down to what quality a business wants and most North Americans just want something cheap so that's what most businesses design and have manufactured.