Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to news • 4 months agoBiden's EV tariffs may not be enough to stave off the threat of Chinese vehicles in the U.S.external-linkmessage-square36 fedilinkarrow-up190
arrow-up190external-linkBiden's EV tariffs may not be enough to stave off the threat of Chinese vehicles in the U.S.Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to news • 4 months agomessage-square36 Commentsfedilink
minus-squaresave_vs_death [they/them]hexbear63·4 months agoreminder that in 2012 obama set a 250% tariff on solar panels and china responded by conter-tariffing american polysilicon, resulting in it cratering from 50% global production to under 5% global production, meanwhile chinese solar industry went exponential link
minus-squareSacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]hexbear16·edit-24 months agoBiden like "I vaguely remember Obama doing something like this right before he won re-election, maybe it'll work for me" Who am I kidding, he doesn't remember what month it is without an aide link
reminder that in 2012 obama set a 250% tariff on solar panels and china responded by conter-tariffing american polysilicon, resulting in it cratering from 50% global production to under 5% global production, meanwhile chinese solar industry went exponential
Biden like "I vaguely remember Obama doing something like this right before he won re-election, maybe it'll work for me"
Who am I kidding, he doesn't remember what month it is without an aide