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Yes, not all products are being sold in every country. I had to buy the phone I liked on ebay from an US based seller because it wasn't available in my country.
by DeathArrow 2y ago
Yes, not all products are being sold in every country. I had to buy the phone I liked on ebay from an US based seller because it wasn't available in my country.
- diggan 2y agoThat's true, especially when countries try to protect their national market for subpar cars that are more expensive.
- lotsofpulp 2y agoUsed to be (maybe it still is?) relatively popular on this forum for a country to want to maintain its ability to produce things, as opposed to depending on other countries.
- DeathArrow 2y agoIt's good to be able to produce things but you can't produce all the things as a country. You can't even produce all the things you need.
- lotsofpulp 2y agoI would think the US, due to its size and resources, should be able to produce most things. At least something like cars, which doesn’t depend on weather or other rare qualities, but rather just an educated and sufficient workforce. Few nations in the world get to have that kind of luxury.
- diggan 2y agoI'm no car manufacturer, nor do I work in the industry, but seems to me quite a bit of national resources are missing if the US wanted to be completely independent when making cars, resources like lithium, cobalt, natural rubber and even rare earth elements. Probably more I'm missing.
- sejje 2y agoIsn't lithium one of the most abundant elements on the planet?
- owebmaster 2y agowith concentration high enough to be economically viable to mine, no.
- sejje 2y agoHow about concentrations high enough to be independent, which is the topic at hand?
- owebmaster 2y agoI don't think it's popular in this forum that countries should not depend on other countries and produce their own things, like tech companies
- watwut 2y agoThere is being able to produce things ... and then there is being forced subpar thing for more money. You know, there is being able to compete in a capitalist market and there is not being able to compete, but being protected while others pay for it.
- xboxnolifes 2y agoThere's protecting national interest/security/industry, and then there's protecting existing incumbents. If we tax imports, we should also be doing everything we can to help new players in the market we are trying to protect. After all, strong markets are all about competition.
- lotsofpulp 2y agoIs the US not? $7,500 EV tax credit, 30% EV charger installation tax credit for lower income census tracts, pretty much every county pays at least a few hundred dollars towards EV charger installation. What existing incumbent is being protected? The policy, even as passed when Democrats were in power, protects whoever manufactures in the US, regardless of where the shareholders are.