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Canada's government on Monday announced it is imposing a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles that matches U.S. tariffs and follows similar plans announced by the European Commission.

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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What auto industry is Canada protecting? I doubt they think China is subsidizing their EVs to half the cost otherwise.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I imagine there's probably a good amount of subcontracting w/ American ones.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would assume they do believe the cars are subsidized or otherwise unfairly priced. But I wouldn't rule out pressure from US diplomacy encouraged by donations from the American auto industry.

[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You should rule out donations, Canada's federal donation rules are pretty strict.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm not so sure about that. Federal donation rules are pretty strict. Now, in the provinces and the states this is a totally different story.