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Re:$8k Suzuki from India Received a 5-Star Crash Test Rating by Cumpiler69 on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @03:18AM (#42181075)
> even with a 100% tariff

You're making it sounds like 100% is the highest possible ceiling for a tariff, when it's a number arbitrarily set to fulfill a specific agenda and can be infinitely adjusted.

Of course if you protect your domestic car industry too much it will slowly become uncompetitive and irelevant on the international free market.

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Re:$8k Suzuki from India Received a 5-Star Crash Test Rating by sofixa on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @05:13AM (#42181831)
> You're making it sounds like 100% is the highest possible ceiling for a tariff, when it's a number arbitrarily set to fulfill a specific agenda and can be infinitely adjusted.

Yep, the tariffs Boeing got on Bombardier's C-Series that were the final nail in the coffin of that program and Bombardier as a serious player, and gifted a great new jet to Airbus, were 300%.

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Re:$8k Suzuki from India Received a 5-Star Crash Test Rating by willio58 on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @11:14AM (#42185064)
I hate how true this is. The US might as well peg the tarrif to infinity on any cars coming from China because at this rate that's essentially what we're doing.
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