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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

American manufacturers (GM, Tesla, Ford) only make up a minority of sales here. The majority of car sales are manufacturers from "the rest of the world."

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Before the current chaos, it really didn’t even make sense to have that distinction. My Toyota and my Honda were both built in the us. Not just assembled, but with a higher percentage of us-manufactured parts than my old pontiac

Why do we care? I can be a shareholder either way, if I had money. The executives dont care about me either way nor do they directly affect me. But it’s nice when the factory is here, employing thousands of my fellow citizens.

Having lived through it, I also understand this was a hard-won battle for local labor, fought for in previous trade battles