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There has been a vast amount of discussion on Chinese electric cars making their way to European and US markets, and the European Union and USA putting high tariffs on these electric cars based on the assumption that production of these electric cars is being unfairly subsidized, overproduced, and then “dumped” in Europe and the US at distorted low prices. The counter-argument is that China is just producing EVs better, cheaper, and in higher volume — actually making notable progress to combat our climate crisis — and shouldn’t be penalized for that. Those who are most against the tariffs call these measures and the discussions around them unfair and counterproductive protectionism, and even pure racism and xenophobia.
However you view the matter, I think we can all agree on one…
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