[tredre3]

American car manufacturers have extremely small market shares outside N.A., and many (all?) of them required multiple government bailouts over the past few decades.

If you think that keeping China is good for the consumer, you'll have to present a stronger case than "we must protect our companies".

[strictnein]

> If you think that keeping [out] China is good for the consumer

It would be excellent for the consumer, in the rather short term, to not keep them out. Cheap cars! Cheap goods flooding our markets are great for consumers in the short term.

> American car manufacturers have extremely small market shares outside N.A

Here's a game:

One company is American. The other is not.

Company 1 Market Share: North America: 16.5% South America: 8.9% Asia: 7.6%

Company 2 Market Share: North America: 14.87% South America: 8.3% Asia: 8.28%

Now, without looking, which is the "US company without market share outside of NA", and which is the foreign company that understands how to compete?

[z2]

Unfortunately, I looked, so let me add to this game, starting with the fact you omitted Europe:

Company 1: Europe ~0% (trucks & SUVs just don't sell well there it seems) Company 2: Europe 7%

Company 1: Manufactures in 8 countries, 2/3 of its factories are in North America. Company 2: Local production of cars in 25-30 countries depending on partnerships.

Company 1 data: 2025. Company 2 data: 2020 (?!)

[recursive-call]

Company 1 is the American one?