Hot mic moment at G7 catches Carney, Trump talking about Chinese EVs
1d 26m ago by lemmy.world/u/EatingOnions in world from www.cbc.ca
In a statement, Canada's big three automakers — Ford, General Motors and Stellantis — said the entry of these EVs "undermines" the domestic auto industry and opens Canadians up to "cyber risks."
A hard cap of 49,000 Chinese E.V.s (roughly 3 percent of the market) doesn't undermine the Canadian manufacturers, it just forces them to actually fucking do somehing to make their own EVs more appealing.
Meanwhile Muskrat is such a whiny loser that he's suing because the Canadian government clamped down on his attempt to defraud them
"cyber risks."
Not wrong there. It is 3%, but Nortel Remembers.
No. Not wrong. But like everything else in this propogandized polarised world, I generally believe nothing is either as bad or as good as the loudest voices like to pretend.
Cyber risks aren't unimportant, of course, but our risks from China are certainly no worse or better than the Cyber risks from the American government or even our own.
Canada's big three automakers — Ford, General Motors and Stellantis — said the entry of these EVs... opens Canadians up to "cyber risks."
What cyber risks? What are the Chinese companies doing that Ford, General Motors and Stellantis aren't also doing? The risks are already there regardless of who is doing them. That's the important take away from this.
Carney is heard saying "less than three per cent of our market, 49,000 cars," in apparent reference to how many vehicles are allowed to be imported in Canada at the lower rate.
He makes a horizontal motion with his hand, signifying a limit, while saying there's "a cap, we capped, a hard line" and then is heard telling Trump, "I thought you'd actually like that."
Trump, sitting, responds, "That's good. I like that."
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