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President Biden announces a series of tariffs on green energy products from China. (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What a bell-end. Maybe instead of tariffs the US should begin vesting in education, job training, and research into these sectors so it can compete instead of trying to hobble the competition in the domestic market. This is just protectionism by a different name

[โ€“] Zehzin@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

That takes too long, Ford wants money now