Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agoTIL that for the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 cars in Chinawww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square218fedilinkarrow-up1538arrow-down135
arrow-up1503arrow-down1external-linkTIL that for the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 cars in Chinawww.reuters.comWudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square218fedilink
minus-squarefreagle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down3·11 days agohttps://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/?major_industry_sum=motor+vehicles&order=subsidy&sort=desc&page=1 USA subsidizes auto industry too
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·11 days agoAnd the oil industry and builds the roads and fights the wars to acquire oil.
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down6·11 days agoNot to the same degree, or with the same goals. US subsidies are simply about corporate profits. China’s are about over-producing and lowering prices to incentivize global adoption. Forks and knives are both silverware, but very different.
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-211 days agoyou also don’t eat your food with a 10" chef knife.
https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/?major_industry_sum=motor+vehicles&order=subsidy&sort=desc&page=1
USA subsidizes auto industry too
And the oil industry and builds the roads and fights the wars to acquire oil.
Not to the same degree, or with the same goals.
US subsidies are simply about corporate profits. China’s are about over-producing and lowering prices to incentivize global adoption.
Forks and knives are both silverware, but very different.
you also don’t eat your food with a 10" chef knife.
How about them tarrifs, though!