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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

caving to american influence to prevent jobs for mexicans is bad for mexico; but they're chinese companies so it might be a wash anyways.

also it was very much american pressure that make nearshoring more difficult for the chinese companies; but some, like byd, have no choice but to expand anyways or die.

here's a article describing how the mexican government gave into to the biden administration's pressure: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/chinese-ev-makers-wont-get-subsidies-from-mexico-after-us-pressure/