• CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Except every other company gets subsidies, so this is specific and not “fait market”.

    The current fair market for EV manufacturers includes getting a buttload of incentives from governments.

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      8 months ago

      There can be no market that is both “free” and “fair”

      For a market to be fair there needs to be constraints in the right places

      In this case the lack of constraints sufficiently restricting the ability for companies to pressure (read as bribe) politicians to push for a lack of subsides for specific sectors of an industry

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      8 months ago

      The key word there is “company.” Chinese car manufacturers are not companies, they are the state-owned entities.

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      8 months ago

      These vehicles would also be eligible for those subsidies if they meet the criteria of being assembled from mostly North American parts. You’re comparing subsidies available for every company meeting certain criteria (even these Chinese companies) versus subsidies available only to those companies owned by the Chinese government.