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This sounds like a massive conspiracy if I have ever heard one. Evidence would be helpful. Foreign markets are often very different and those vehicles don't pa

This sounds like a massive conspiracy if I have ever heard one. Evidence would be helpful. Foreign markets are often very different and those vehicles don't pass safety in the US. My favorite was the death traps that Toyota Mexico made up until a couple years ago. Brand new vehicle but absolute death trap.

Havoc 2y ago
Not OP but BYD cars are being kept out via policy so don’t think it’s that far fetched. Certainly not conspiracy territory https://www.vox.com/climate/2024/3/4/24087919/biden-tariff-chinese-ev-byd-battery-detroit https://www.vox.com/climate/2024/3/4/24087919/biden-tariff-c...
- infecto 2y ago
  Those are not "trumped" up reasons those. That is an explicit ban that the US makes.
reverius42 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax > The Chicken tax is a 25 percent tariff on light trucks (and originally on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy) imposed in 1964 by the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson in response to tariffs placed by France and West Germany on importation of U.S. chicken. > Eventually, the tariffs on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy were lifted,[4] but since 1964 this form of protectionism has remained in place to give US domestic automakers an advantage over imported competitors.
- infecto 2y ago
  Thanks for sharing, very interesting! Also super fascinating that it has largely been left untouched since then. I was thinking purely from a safety standard regulation as I know many don't pass US standards.
olalonde 2y ago
It doesn't require a conspiracy to be the case, simply a bit of "safety" lobbying by domestic manufacturers. Lobbying for regulations that favor and protect market incumbents happens all the time. I'd go as far to say that it's the primary source of regulations.
- infecto 2y ago
  The chicken tariff posted above makes total sense. Your reaching into safety without evidence sounds like a conspiracy.

Havoc 2y ago

Not OP but BYD cars are being kept out via policy so don’t think it’s that far fetched. Certainly not conspiracy territory https://www.vox.com/climate/2024/3/4/24087919/biden-tariff-chinese-ev-byd-battery-detroit https://www.vox.com/climate/2024/3/4/24087919/biden-tariff-c...

infecto 2y ago
Those are not "trumped" up reasons those. That is an explicit ban that the US makes.

reverius42 2y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax > The Chicken tax is a 25 percent tariff on light trucks (and originally on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy) imposed in 1964 by the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson in response to tariffs placed by France and West Germany on importation of U.S. chicken. > Eventually, the tariffs on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy were lifted,[4] but since 1964 this form of protectionism has remained in place to give US domestic automakers an advantage over imported competitors.

infecto 2y ago
Thanks for sharing, very interesting! Also super fascinating that it has largely been left untouched since then. I was thinking purely from a safety standard regulation as I know many don't pass US standards.

olalonde 2y ago

It doesn't require a conspiracy to be the case, simply a bit of "safety" lobbying by domestic manufacturers. Lobbying for regulations that favor and protect market incumbents happens all the time. I'd go as far to say that it's the primary source of regulations.

infecto 2y ago
The chicken tariff posted above makes total sense. Your reaching into safety without evidence sounds like a conspiracy.