BMW esorta la Germania a votare contro le tariffe UE sui veicoli elettrici di fabbricazione cinese
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-02/bmw-urges-germany-to-vote-against-eu-tariffs-on-chinese-made-evs?srnd=homepage-europe
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Carmakers were warned, repeatedly that should curb their dependence on China. This warning was issued constantly over the last couple of years. Why should we now do as they say?
Also, business has no interest in upholding the democracies anymore. I just saw that the majority of western hedge funds are pulling into China after they announced the stimulus.
You got to be fucking kidding me, the western population is sold down the road.
The Chinese have leveraged state-owned enterprises and subsidies for private companies to dominate the processing of raw materials, including those necessary for the EV industry, such as nickel, graphite, steel, and rare metals.
This trend began in the 1980s. While industry insiders recognized China’s ambitions in specific sectors, they initially failed to see it as part of a broader strategy.
Western politicians, primarily trained as lawyers, tend to focus on tangible products like cars and smartphones. However, China’s strength lies not in manufacturing these consumer goods.
It appears that China learned from Japan’s experience in the 1980s and strategically avoided competing in politically sensitive consumer markets. Instead, state-owned companies targeted less visible yet critical industries, such as refining and processing, as well as manufacturing equipment like container cranes.
In the 1980s, South Korea and Japan were pushed out by China in the mineral refining and processing sectors. For example, South Korea was once a key processor of tungsten but lost its position to Chinese competitors.
The West cannot easily replace China in these industries over the next 10 to 15 years without significant government investment.
Few interest groups in the West advocate for these industries due to several factors:
– Low profit margins
– High capital requirements
– Limited job creation
– Significant environmental impact
BMW? That Chinese EV manufacturer?
Tarrifs are like a boomerang and in the end the consumer pays them, not so much the exporter.
Fuck them, there’s enough possibilities to produce cars in Europe. Tarrifs should be increased for all foreign cars.
European car makers investing massively in China for cheaper production costs.
IP gets stolen and used in Chinese companies who then undercut respective European manufacturers.
European car manufacturers then look to close down European factories as they are manufacturing more and more in China.
So they want European jobs to be lost, while also handing away expertise to the Chinese to leapfrog them……
So stupid