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President Biden announces a series of tariffs on green energy products from China. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] grue@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The US Government doesn't want US automakers to lose market share so that they have plenty of manufacturing capacity that could be retooled to make weapons in case of war.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Makes sense. Also petro-profits.

[–] whereBeWaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

When a trillion dollars a year doesn't commit enough warcrimes :(