• DougPiranha42@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I think you misunderstood what a light truck is . All pickups are in this category. A tariff on imports is hardly forcing American manufacturers and consumers to prefer bigger trucks and cars. They could just make them smaller if the smaller versions sold better.
    The purpose of the tariff is:

    to give US domestic automakers an advantage over imported competitors

    • spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app
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      7 days ago

      Look further into it. It’s extremely true that it was deliberate market manipulation. It started with the Chicken Tax. That was far, far from the only contributing factor.