[JumpCrisscross]

> Allowing in Chinese EVs into markets where there are important domestic auto manufacturers will be very bad for those domestic manufacturers

Tariff them so they're super expensive! Or set import quotas, so they can't displace too much demand. Either way, letting some of them through gives Americans visibility into what others are building while continuing to largely protect domestic manufacturers.

[blitzar]

> letting some of them through gives Americans visibility into what others are building

Politically problematic - the illusion of China as a peasant state manufacturing little more than knock off rubber dog turds would be shattered.

[jnaina]

Especially awkward for the current ruling class, since their VP choice recently dismissed the Chinese as “peasants,” and will likely to cause cognitive dissonance within their base.