Well, maybe not the tariffs on EVs and solar panels.
Comment on Biden’s China Tariffs Are the End of an Era for Cheap Chinese Goods
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Obvious economic and ethical reasons aside, reducing our dependency on Chinese goods will be a huge benefit for mitigating climate change. The carbon cost of poorly regulated manufacture, as well as shipping such large volumes of commercial products around the planet is tremendous.
sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That would be true if domestic sales were waning due to constraint.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I wonder if this will have a bonus result of reducing Chinese counterfeit items on eBay and Amazon.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Maybe. That’s one of the economic motives I mentioned. China follows the principle of territoriality in IP protection, leading to outright infringement in every industry. When a product line has completed manufacture, the factory will make some modifications to material quality and begin producing counterfeits around copyright to flood the market and eventually dilute and undercut the original manufacturer’s product line out of business.
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Easy way to help with that is to not use Amazon.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That’s not always possible, but I do avoid it when it’s possible.
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I know. No judgement, I just encourage people to ditch that thing whenever they can. I canceled my prime almost 2 years ago once I noticed their anti-union activities, and don’t miss it. But every once in a while it’s literally the only place I can find something.