@schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoWhile the US and EU are putting up barriers to Chinese cars, Australians are buying them at record levelswww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down13cross-posted to: worldnewsnonus@lemy.lolworldnews@lemmy.mlworld@lemmy.world
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minus-square@wildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•4 months agoCanada might have manufacturing, but it doesn’t have its own brands anymore because of the aforementioned reasons. Meaning the bulk of the profits are still sent out if the country.
minus-squareSmuuthbranelinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoBrands mean squat. If you have no manufacturing, you have zero reason to implement tariffs.
minus-square@wildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•4 months agoBrands mean headquarters means profits returning to that country. But it’s all moot because Canada owned the brands AND was manufacturing.
minus-square@ShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilink2•4 months agoAustralia has some brands like Holden but they are just subsidiaries of US companies.
Canada might have manufacturing, but it doesn’t have its own brands anymore because of the aforementioned reasons. Meaning the bulk of the profits are still sent out if the country.
Brands mean squat. If you have no manufacturing, you have zero reason to implement tariffs.
Brands mean headquarters means profits returning to that country. But it’s all moot because Canada owned the brands AND was manufacturing.
Australia has some brands like Holden but they are just subsidiaries of US companies.