On one hand allowing obviously superior and cheaper Chinese EVs into the states at MSRP would obliterate the automakers which are one of the last bastions of organized labor. On the other hand getting cheap EVs into people's hands is the outer limit of viable climate change action in this treat demon settler country.
EVs aren't a viable way to address climate change; overall primary energy use needs to decrease and EVs are still a very, very energy-intensive form of transportation. Organized labor will be a necessary component of any attempt to address climate change beyond offering people better treats.
It is however ridiculous because the dems have created a system where only affluent people can afford EVs; they'll pat them on the back and assure them they did their part to save the planet. Now if only the poors trundling along in their aged gasmobiles could get their shit together.
Doesn't this still just translate into higher prices for all workers? Particularly for the US where the majority of workers are in the service industry
It's not like labour costs are the thing making the US automative industry uncompetitive
It speeds up wage equalization across the world, i find it disturbing that women in bangladesh can make a t-shirt for 3 bucks a day, some dipshit with a printer can put some sign on it and get paid 30 bucks an hour
so china will make special usa factories where they pay workers usa salaries, the price will rise by like 40 percent, still less than a tariff, but everyone happy
Im describing what i think worker-led trade policy should be, not like that unions have that amount of power