It is the latest protectionist policy to be embraced by the White House in an election year.
  • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mlMEnglish
    702·
    8 months ago

    the president said the Chinese prices were “unfairly low” due to the government subsidising companies “who don’t need to worry about making a profit”.

    “They’re cheating,” Mr Biden said. “And we’ve seen the damage here in America.”

    Socialism is cheat code

    • bobs_guns@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      53·
      8 months ago

      If this is cheating then surely you will cut subsidies for big oil and dairy farmers, right??

      • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
        47·
        8 months ago

        I was gonna say exactly the same thing. Also american farmers have corn subsidized, which destroys Mexico’s corn market. Hypocrites.

        • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mlMEnglish
          26·
          8 months ago

          That’s just the beginning of it. USA pushes every global south country to cut agricultural subsidies on the grounds that they are violations of some WTO agreement. The policy changes that caused the famous year-long farmers’ protest in India were supported by the US because they would have significantly cut government aid to farmers and farm owners.

        • Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          24·
          8 months ago

          China is cheating by subsidizing products that are beneficial to society instead of giving corporate farms with millions of dollars money to not grow certain crops.

    • Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      26·
      8 months ago

      "They’re cheating by giving subsidies to people making productive products instead of giving government subsidies to multi millionaires to not grow crops or build “trains, but worse in every possible way”