Hubi to EuropeEnglish · 27 days agoElon Musk's zero-tariff proposal with Europe is a sign of weakness and fear, German economy minister sayswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down16cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldBoycottUnitedStates@europe.pub
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minus-squarebroconlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-227 days agoDoesn’t matter. No way around the regulations. https://www.blomstein.com/en/news/keine-umgehung-von-zoellen-durch-produktionsverlagerung This is an example of what happened to Harley Davidson. I think the same rules would be applied in Teslas case.
minus-squarekuerbiskernoellinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·27 days agoThe issue here was that they relocated their production (to Thailand) in order to circumvent tariffs. This wouldn’t apply to Model Y since it already is being produced here.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 days agoIs “circumvent” the right word to use here? Isn’t it the intended outcome of tariffs that imports shift out of tariffed countries?
minus-squarekuerbiskernoellinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-226 days agoThat’s the intended outcome when your goal is to hurt a foreign market, but not when your goal is to strengthen your local market.
minus-squarefederal reverseMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·26 days agoMay not apply here, as the other commenter mentioned but that’s interesting and I didn’t know that.
Doesn’t matter. No way around the regulations.
https://www.blomstein.com/en/news/keine-umgehung-von-zoellen-durch-produktionsverlagerung
This is an example of what happened to Harley Davidson. I think the same rules would be applied in Teslas case.
The issue here was that they relocated their production (to Thailand) in order to circumvent tariffs. This wouldn’t apply to Model Y since it already is being produced here.
Is “circumvent” the right word to use here? Isn’t it the intended outcome of tariffs that imports shift out of tariffed countries?
That’s the intended outcome when your goal is to hurt a foreign market, but not when your goal is to strengthen your local market.
May not apply here, as the other commenter mentioned but that’s interesting and I didn’t know that.