This guy has some function in the White House. While it is true that the EU (and probably Japan) have some policies in place that serve primarily to protect the domestic auto industry (tariffs are only a small part of that) and I am 100% against all of these protectionist policies, I still think that consumers wouldn't mind paying more if they wanted American cars.

One might wonder why Europeans use American social networks and not their own, why they use an American search engine and not their own, why they use American internet services for practically everything they need and not European ones, why they use American operating systems on their computers and mobile phones, etc.

Because they are the best products. It's the same with cars. Not everyone can be the best at everything, it's called specialization and division of labor.

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