U.S. to Announce New Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles
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The administration could raise tariffs on electric vehicles from China to 100 percent in an attempt to protect American auto manufacturers.
  • randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 months ago

    Agreed. This is something that is very much overlooked when people talk about how manufacturing in China works. The country is split into special economic zones that have different rules and laws that govern the regions. This allows them to uniquely exploit their labor markets to keep their costs as low as possible.

    iPhones are built by FoxConn in their Shenzhen factories. See FoxConn Suicides for more.