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Canada has had 100 per cent tariffs on all EVs imported from China since last October
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50798037
Canada has had 100 per cent tariffs on all EVs imported from China since last October
Seems like a no-brainer. Canada doesn’t have an EV production to speak of. I believe it was originally done to support the U.S. EV industry, but do we really need to be doing that?
It might have been the only official justification. However I suspect that there’s unofficial ones, like “we are worried it’ll come with spyware that directly reports everything to China” or “if we do this we might becoming mainly dependent on Chinese cars, which then means China can pull them out from under us, maybe disable them remotely, etc”.
Depends on how much they thought this through and how much they trust China now and in the next few decades.
I see your point, however, China is consistent, and it is not nearly so imperialistic as the United States. I’m not sure which one I trust less.
cant be any worst than the spyware for the US govt.
Well ideally I suspect people would just want a product without the spyware.
Oh, was it? If that was the only justification… yeah. Seems like a straightforward play.
made sense since us has 100% tariffs on chinese EVs , to prop up the overpriced US evs.
Idk, US or US industry has a choke hold on politicians. I feel our politicians has no political will to negotiate against the US.
Maybe the real “elbows up” was the useless neolibs we made along the way.