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I think it’s important to point out that German car manufacturers and the German government opposed import tariffs on Chinese cars.
by schnuri 2y ago
I think it’s important to point out that German car manufacturers and the German government opposed import tariffs on Chinese cars.
- schnitzelstoat 2y agoFair enough, but in the end we still got the tariffs.
- vasco 2y agoTo think things get done in the EU without Germany's approval is a bit past naivety. Germany publicly voted no to try and delay a Chinese reprisal too fast in counter tariffs, but that's just for optics, otherwise they wouldn't have been approved. It's incredible how one can see what happens in practice but believe what people say rather than what people do.
- schnuri 2y agoThat’s just a conspiracy theory. You overestimate Germanys power in the EU by far, it is not 2009 anymore. Also, German car manufacturers will not profit from these tariffs.
- vasco 2y agoThe biggest economy in the block votes on tariffs for foreign competitors in their largest exporting industry and surprise surprise, adding tariffs is approved, and somehow your conclusion is that they are unhappy about it.