[mbfg]

More importantly, the US has banned these cars in America to give protection to american manufacturers.

[PearlRiver]

The Chinese were smart enough to ban US companies only when their own people could match.

[ffsm8]

That's underselling it, honestly.

They banned import/forced local production which ended in the trained workers then quitting and creating the competitor.

That pattern played out with every large company that tried to get into the Chinese market

The only surprising part about it is how these MBAs kept doing it across industries

[NoPicklez]

Except Tesla's where their cars outsold any other

[refurb]

During the Cold War would have imported cars from the USSR if they were better

Do we want to strength economically an authoritarian country who is opposed to Western aims across the world?

Of course not. That would be shooting ourselves in the foot.

[archagon]

I just want the better product, period.

[refurb]

Urge but sometime national concerns override individual wishes.

[thegreatpeter]

Definitely not bc these brands are being propped up by their government in order to flood world markets.

Everyone should be able to make a luxury 30k vehicle sustainably

[LeFantome]

The North American car market is more subsidized than any other. It is why it is so uncompetitive.

North America imports cars in large quantities from every car making region in the world (that is not banned). What parts of the world sell high volumes of NA vehicles? They are not banned, just unwanted.

[scuff3d]

It's not like the US hasn't proped up our own industry to push out competition and dominate global markets. Nope, definitely never did that.

[thegreatpeter]

There’s controlling competition in your own country and dominating global markets. Nothing wrong with either. It’s not like it’s not happening anywhere else in the world.

[scuff3d]

It just makes me laugh when people complain about China propping up it's industry to complete globally. The US has overthrown governments to protect its geopolitical priorities.

I've got no love for China, but I'm not gonna shed a tear for a large corporations crying over someone else having an unfair advantage.