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US jobs too important to risk Chinese car imports, says Ford CEO
China has enough spare capacity to swallow the entire US car market, says Ford's Jim Farley.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/us-jobs-too-important-to-risk-chinese-car-imports-says-ford-ceo/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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jiub

16h ago

@arstechnica they know they'd get eaten alive because china builds things other than $50k+ wankpanzers

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈15h ago

@jiub @arstechnica Europe doesn't want those things, Asia doesn't want those things, the Yanks just don't understand any more...

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Kevin Karhan 15h ago

@Lazarou @jiub @arstechnica Instead you get #ChickenTax and #KeiCarBan in the #USA!

https://jorts.horse/@kkarhan/116409695220974945

Kevin Karhan (@[email protected])

@[email protected] *nodds in agreement* That's why there's the #ChickenTax and why #US #car #manufacturers lobbied to #criminalize #KeiCars in many States of the #USA. https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113941467848421954 #UsPol #Lobbyism #KeiCar #SmallCars #Greedflation #Ford #Tariffs #Customs #Taxes

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈15h ago

@kkarhan @jiub @arstechnica it's such a ridiculous throwback now, when it used to lead the world....but empires come and go....

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Kevin Karhan

@Lazarou @jiub @arstechnica manwhile even #Japan's car manufacturers see the #Enshittufication as unsustainable, and you get stuff like the #HiluxChamp in #Thailand, because people there don't buy a #SuperUselessVehicle to flex but instead as means to get shit done!