• jenesaisquoi
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    1 month ago

    Also state subsidies.

    Also not extracting profits for the shareholders (for now).

    European cars could be much less expensive if the car makers weren’t required to make profits for their owners above all else.

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      1 month ago

      Chinese companies have been focusing on their bottom line very much as companies elsewhere. They can rely on an ongoing stream of cheap labour, and, therefore, extremely low operating costs, as workers have no rights whatsoever.

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          1 month ago

          I wrote, “Chinese companies have been focusing on their bottom line very much as companies elsewhere. They can rely on an ongoing stream of cheap labour, and, therefore, extremely low operating costs, as workers have no rights.”

          What has that to do with the EU?

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            1 month ago

            It means that an organisation with more resources and presumably more competent experts than you have come to conclusions which differ from yours