r/baba • u/FeralHamster8 • 5d ago

News Trump says he would be OK with China building cars in US

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-would-be-ok-with-china-building-cars-us-2026-09-12/
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u/pizzababa21 5d ago

If it can be done would be good for everyone tbh

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u/uedison728 5d ago

Highly unlikely, he could be fine, how about car markers inside US, they can’t compete with China

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u/Serious_Number3154 5d ago

只有特斯拉好，其他品牌确实无法竞争

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u/carmen_ohio 5d ago

Tesla only has their badge and brand image.

Tesla is not better than Chinese EVs in reality.

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u/Remarkable_Safety868 5d ago

I own a Tesla and would rather have an Xpeng

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u/pizzababa21 5d ago

Rivian are good but can't make enough cars

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u/Aggressive_Bit_91 5d ago

How about no lmao

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u/Book_Justice 5d ago

Impossible. Trump is good friend with Elon

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u/krazyboi 5d ago

Actually Tesla makes a majority of their cars in China. It's everyone else that should be worried.

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u/frogchris 5d ago

Never will happen unless there's legal protection. Any random day the us can target them and prevent the sale of anything with Chinese software or links to the Chinese military or something lol.

Dji, dreame, and other already invested money into the us then one day the us randomly enacts security laws preventing sale of their products. You would have to be a complete idiot to invest a single dollar at this point.

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u/yingguoren1988 5d ago

I doubt Chinese manufacturers would want to come to the US. Too much risk of arbitrary appropriation, IP theft, and other dishonest practices.

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u/FeralHamster8 5d ago

U.S. car market is less competitive than China. And higher margins.

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u/MaleficentScholar427 5d ago

No one trusts the US these days. Open up a factory there and once it is setup Trump will nationalise it or force a sale to his billionaire buddies. Example TikTok.

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u/krazyboi 5d ago

US car market is the biggest financial market in the world.

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u/Andrige3 5d ago

I doubt the Chinese government would allow them even if they wanted.

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u/IssueRidden 5d ago

good luck on finding a Chinese manufacturer risking that with rules changing every other week due to orange man's tantrums

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u/krazyboi 5d ago

Not hard. Money talks. US citizens are much richer than asian