> yet we slap sky-high tariffs on them to protect Volkswagen shareholders.
Well, 10% tariffs, which isn't exactly prohibitive.
Re:2023 Letter
by berserk1010 on Thursday January 25, 2024 @11:30AM
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How is it that some europeans like yourself don't realize that China is actively supplying military goods and funding to Russia, to help Russia attack Europe??
Why would you want to pay for cars that help to grow your enemy to cause your countries to fall?
Re:2023 Letter
by amadeuspagel on Thursday January 25, 2024 @11:47AM
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One of the biggest Volkswagen shareholders is the state of Lower Saxony. A bad arrangement for many reasons, and this is one of them.
I used to have a Huawei phone, now I don't because it can't use the Google App Store.
Here in Europe, there was a lot of controversy over the electric car tariffs too - as China produce high quality, cheap electric cars that could help us with the Green transition, yet we slap sky-high tariffs on them to protect Volkswagen shareholders.