> other than admission to defeat compared to Chinese EVs

Or, to put it in another way; better and cheaper options for consumers.

> in every country that doesn’t have domestic car industry or huge tariffs against them.

Not every country needs a local car industry. Having a small number of efficient manufacturing countries means that everyone (both the consumers and the manufacturing countries) are better off.

As a non-American, there is nothing special or magical about the US economy besides its size. American cars are generally sub-standard and are increasingly unpopular in my country as they are either too large/loud or saddled with US politics.

I agree with you completely. But reality is, when you have large X industry, there will be pressure to protect it at all costs — politically and economically speaking. How will that protectionism work, and whether consumers will be fed up with it to the point to throw the industry under the bus? That’s a different question.