The middlemen you’re talking about are established brands.
In this case, with the auto industry, yes you are correct. However this same exact thing happens with almost any industry.
Just a quick example, I home brew, every single device/machine/vessel I have every purchased from my “local” distributors were all made in China. All of it.
I am not saying your concerns are invalid. I am just trying to see how would it ever be different by just applying tariffs to them. Wouldn’t it make better sense to demand certain guarantees before they are allowed to sell in the USA? How would any Chinese company ever make it to the KTM status you mention?
And to clarify, I am only “defending” China here because something crazy like 90% of what we use today was made totally or partially in China, so to me it makes no sense they are only good when making money for American companies while we pay the middle man
Well the tariffs are there to protect the local industry and local jobs, without tariffs and considering the amount of subsidies and the cheap labor these companies take advantage of in China they would just flood our markets, kill the competition and then be free to do whatever they want. What Amazon did but for the car industry.
Yes, I understood… I am just making reference to my prior stance that, for the USA government at least, if Amazon does X is fine, but if a Chinese company wants to do similar, it cannot be allowed… even though, in this example, Amazon is doing the exact same bad thing with Chinese manufactured goods all the same
In this case, with the auto industry, yes you are correct. However this same exact thing happens with almost any industry. Just a quick example, I home brew, every single device/machine/vessel I have every purchased from my “local” distributors were all made in China. All of it.
I am not saying your concerns are invalid. I am just trying to see how would it ever be different by just applying tariffs to them. Wouldn’t it make better sense to demand certain guarantees before they are allowed to sell in the USA? How would any Chinese company ever make it to the KTM status you mention?
And to clarify, I am only “defending” China here because something crazy like 90% of what we use today was made totally or partially in China, so to me it makes no sense they are only good when making money for American companies while we pay the middle man
Well the tariffs are there to protect the local industry and local jobs, without tariffs and considering the amount of subsidies and the cheap labor these companies take advantage of in China they would just flood our markets, kill the competition and then be free to do whatever they want. What Amazon did but for the car industry.
Which again is OK when Amazon and Walmart do it based on Chinese manufactured goods but not when China does it directly? We need better than that!
Eh… I’m using Amazon as an example to show how it would be a bad thing?
Yes, I understood… I am just making reference to my prior stance that, for the USA government at least, if Amazon does X is fine, but if a Chinese company wants to do similar, it cannot be allowed… even though, in this example, Amazon is doing the exact same bad thing with Chinese manufactured goods all the same