As it stands, there’s no real way to compete on price with a country like China that can do so much processing of raw materials in-house, has practically unlimited, very cheap labour, very cheap energy, almost no environmental regulations, outright steals tech, and straight-up uses slave labour.

Some form of protectionism is likely needed.

That said, car companies have been pissing me off recently. The prices are insane, and I don’t particularly want to give them even less of a reason to keep pricing competitive.