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_‌_反いじめ戦隊@ani.social to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

“Backstabbed” US auto companies blast Trump’s trade deal with Britain

www.independent.co.uk

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“Backstabbed” US auto companies blast Trump’s trade deal with Britain

www.independent.co.uk

_‌_反いじめ戦隊@ani.social to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago
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Backstabbed US auto companies blast Trump’s trade deal with Britain
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Trump has put American automakers at a disadvantage with their British competitors, they complain

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/38239063

Trump has put American automakers at a disadvantage with their British competitors, they complain

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  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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    Maybe I can finally get the Toyota Hilux I always wanted! But seriously, everyone in the US stop buying shit that isn’t strictly necessary. The corporations cannot “pass the costs along” to us if we don’t buy their shit. Obviously it’s not optimal, but there’s no reason to take it up the caboose just because.

    • _‌_反いじめ戦隊@ani.socialOP
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      Now imagine if people actually boycotted stuff.

      I can only dream. Your browser does not support playing HTML5 video. You can download a copy of the video file instead. Here is a description of the content: dreaming of a diverse market

      • PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works
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        I boycott! Oddly enough I just ended a ~15 year Walmart boycott for our family. Began it after becoming aware of their tactics to deliberately strangle local businesses and keep employees below full-time hours to avoid giving them benefits, etc.

        Been avoiding them out of habit for so long…started boycotting Amazon, Target, etc. recently…and realized that while I have nothing positive to say about Walmart, they’re not even cracking the list of shittiest companies anymore. Because every fucking one else sunk below their standards.

        Cool stuff! Boycott shit, people, help out! Most of y’all need the money way more than the stuff these days anyway lol!

        • _‌_反いじめ戦隊@ani.socialOP
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          That… isn’t a boycott.

          This is.

      • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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        Agreed, but….my Hilux?

    • Ricky Rigatoni@lemm.ee
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      If you want it but don’t need it just steal it.

      • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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        I’m with you, but they’re hard to find on this side of the pond.

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    Ha ha ha. The Orange Turd is just something else. He is just frontstabbing at this point.

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      The only people he hasnt’ frontstabbed his whole career are the ones too ignorant to know what he is.

      Or the russians.

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    This is what he does. He betrays everyone. Even his “friends.”

    Ask Giuliani.

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        He’s a narcissist and probably also a sociopath. Other people are assets (Musk?) or decorations (Ivanka) at best.

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    Automakers: That wasn’t part of the deal! You said the [auto industry] would stay under my protection!
    Trump: I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      … this deal is getting worse all the time …

    • Sixty@sh.itjust.works
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      I love it for them. Reap the sowing whatever I’m tired.

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    It’s the art of a deal y’all, don’t you get it? The man is the best and only works with the bet. /s

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    Not the night watch man Friedrich Hayek requested!

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    Isn’t it capped at like 100,000 vehicles? What’s the annual output of American automakers?

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      Yes it’s capped at 100,000 vehicles. I saw a British TV video panel discussion about the deal yesterday and they said that last year they had sold 102,000 here, so the deal covers almost all they would be selling here anyway. So it doesn’t seem like it should affect US manufacturers much at all.

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        I thought as much

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