I'm debating whether to respond with the numbers about american manufacturing -- we are making a bunch of things -- or if you're just making a point and know the truth.. hmm...
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Actually, no. US car manufacturers, other than Tesla, which sells a tiny tiny fraction of all cars, have been in retreat for 40 years due to Asian competition.
What I mean is that protectionism hasn’t been harmful in that industry. I think that people are pretty satisfied with the employment it provides. Unless you’re arguing that we would employ more people if we had less car manufacturing protectionism?
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Protectionism is always good for the industry being protected. It’s the rest of the economy and normal people paying higher prices who get screwed.
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Do you think it would be a shame if Tesla made its cars in Mexico and China instead of the United States? Or would that be better because they’d be cheaper?
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I'm not exactly sure what you're arguing. Up to the 1950s the US produced 80% of all cars in the world. We now produce <15%. If you think government intervention has been good for the US car industry, is the counterfactual that we went from 80% to 0%? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry#World_motor_vehicle_production …
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Worth noting that Americans aren't driving cars much anymore. 70% of sales are SUVs last I looked.
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Talking about US/Japanese auto companies always gets stupid. When "Japanese" cars are built in Tennessee, but "US" cars are built in Mexico or Ontario.
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