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Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%

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Post by glemion43 »

anvuong wrote: post #243
pjc50 wrote: post #234

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's basically it. The Chinese government views the rest of the world through Hobbesian self interest, but in the late 20th century financial way. They want your money, but lawfully. The US has turned into something much more vindictive and unpredictable, including threatening to invade Canada.

Lawfully? How many IPs have they stolen from universities and companies across the world?

How many resources did the European and American steal from others?

How many humans were stolen by USA alone?

Does it make it better? No.

But that's it. Everything is shit but while USA got rich through manufacturing in the past, now it's China turn

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Post by pstuart »

epolanski wrote: post #239
rootusrootus wrote: post #142

The US government has really handled this poorly. Let's take one of our closest allies and push them into the arms of our biggest rival. All while helping boost that rival's total exports to record numbers. And boosting their universities to top positions in world rankings. Just brilliant, guys. "Make America Great Again" sure seems like it was intentionally tongue-in-cheek.

The exports argument is so bloated. US has thrived economically for 5 decades after becoming an import economy. This whole export/import balance is such a lame reasoning...yes you've spent a certain amount of $...and got plenty of stuff in exchange. In the words of some economist I've read "by Trump's reasoning my barber is also taking advantage of me because I cut my hair every month and he never buys anything from…

The trade balance as a number shouldn't matter, but offshoring critical manufacturing capability and production ecosystems does.

China has at least 2 key advantages in manufacturing -- cheaper labor and laxer regulations. If the US were to embrace and extend robotics and automation more vigorously that first point could become moot. Also the second point as far as labor regulations go, and if environmental regulations were properly priced then that too would be moot.

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Post by cactacea »

triceratops wrote: post #88
cactacea wrote: post #54

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No. Tarriffs aside this would be the problem: https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/importing-car > As a general rule, motor vehicles less than 25 years old must comply with all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) in order to be imported permanently into the United States. Without homologation there is 0 chance you'd be able to import and register one of these.

How did Ford's CEO do it?

https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=MCL-257-2...

Sorry but was this truly a good faith question? Kind of hard to see how it is.

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Post by dh2022 »

palmotea wrote: post #217
knuppar wrote: post #77

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> And it may sound paranoid but remember that China was caught operating their own "police" force around the world not long ago Have you heard about ICE? That one's not a paranoid thought. It's a very real personal police designed for oppression. I'd much much rather chineses EVs flooding the market over Teslas.

> Have you heard about ICE? That one's not a paranoid thought. It's a very real personal police designed for oppression. Oh, come on. ICE may be behaving badly right now, and you might be mad at them, but that's not an excuse for flights of fancy. Stay grounded in the truth. ICE is not "personal police designed for oppression," they're police designed to enforce immigration and customs laws (ICE literally stands for…

I got news for you: ICE is designed now to beat up anyone in the US. Here is one example: https://newrepublic.com/post/205280/fed-agent-permanently-bl...

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Post by insane_dreamer »

mekdoonggi wrote: post #276
echelon wrote: post #230

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I'm really into geopolitics, and it's clear to see what's happening from the US side. America still wants to play hegemon, but since Bretton Woods 2.0 didn't happen, they're going to lock up the entire North and South American continents from Chinese and Russian influence. And it'll be fierce. The next salvo is going to be US statehood for Alberta and Saskatchewan. There is already partisan support within those provi…

I would love to hear how you think Trump will manage to get Alberta and Saskatchewan to become US states within this century.

At that point you might have the West Coast states secede and join up with BC.

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Post by cmrdporcupine »

vdupras wrote: post #39
gpm wrote: post #14

Up to 49,000 vehicles. To put that number in context, in 2024 Candians bought 1,918,861 vehicles of which 264,277 where zero-emissions.

Yes, it's a modest step, but my guess is that those BYD cars will sell like hot cakes and demand will go through the roof. By popular demand, the government will have to lift that limit. That's all China needs to destroy american car manufacturing.

North American manufacturers are not serious about making electric vehicles for the non luxury segment. The one exception is the Bolt and it's not being made in canada.

Fuck em they are fighting EV mandates while complaining that Chinese manufacturers will undercut their EV sales. They can go to bankruptcy for being liars.

I live in Ontario and support auto workers but not their lying employers.

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Post by mikkupikku »

echelon wrote: post #230
throw0101d wrote: post #156

A Canadian satire site has the headline "Canada chooses lawful evil over chaotic evil": * https://thebeaverton.com/2026/01/canada-chooses-lawful-evil-... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_(Dungeons_%26_Dragon... Edit: A comment in /r/canada: > TBF I would much rather work for Lex Luthor than The Joker if I had to choose one.

I'm really into geopolitics, and it's clear to see what's happening from the US side. America still wants to play hegemon, but since Bretton Woods 2.0 didn't happen, they're going to lock up the entire North and South American continents from Chinese and Russian influence. And it'll be fierce. The next salvo is going to be US statehood for Alberta and Saskatchewan. There is already partisan support within those provi…

It's not bad analysis, I upvoted you, but what you're forgetting is that nothing ever happens. Venezuela was just typical American meddling, Cuba might happen (I'd bet against it) but neither the Canada nor Greenland thing is going to happen because it would be too dramatic for narrative continuity.

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Post by outside1234 »

ortusdux wrote: post #6

"Canada has agreed to allow an annual quota of 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the country at the tariff rate of just 6.1%" https://electricautonomy.ca/data-trackers/ev-sales-data/2025... "Canada recorded 45,366 new zero-emission vehicle registrations in Q3 2025, accounting for 9.4 per cent of all new vehicle registrations in the quarter, according to the latest report from Statistics Canada." "Of the total, 26…

EV sales are going to rapidly expand with Chinese BEVs. They are much cheaper and cost competitive.

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Post by margalabargala »

adamiscool8 wrote: post #189
timeon wrote: post #182

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Sure but still better than USA.

Better how?

If a country tries to strategically weaponize trade that's something you can predict. That's what makes it strategic.

A predictable relationship is preferable to one where you need to keep wondering whether this week's threat of military action that could draw you into a war, is one of the ones that might actually happen.

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Post by [deleted] »

redwall_hp wrote: post #159
toomuchtodo wrote: post #119

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Recent CATL independent battery testing has demonstrated 1.25 million mile longevity for battery modules produced. While EV uptake may take time, the EVs that are built will be with us for some time. That equates to 62 years of service life assuming ~20k miles/year

Propulsion is not the issue. Quality cars' engines last just fine for decades, if maintained. Cars in the north have major rust problems, even if you're exceptionally careful, from exposure to snow and road salt.

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