American and European ban or high tariffs against Chinese EVs is only a stop gap measure and would not make any difference, cannot save the legacy car industry. New technology, cost efficiency, clean energy and protection of the environment would put an end to all combustion engine cars. Only a few legacy cars would survive as collectors' items or for car enthusiasts as an expensive hobby.
Combustion engine cars would still be in production for a short while in America and Europe but not for long. There is just no justification for their existence when new energy cars are the new way to go into the future. The rest of the world would be turning to EVs as the medium of choice, saving on energy and cost and technically a better car in every aspect. The Americans and Europeans would not be able to sell any combustion engine cars to the rest of the world against better, cheaper and more efficient EVs.
The Americans and Europeans can close their markets to EVs Made in China. It would not make a dent against China. Not only China will be making EVs, every country in the Global South would also want to make EVs for their own consumption or to export to the world. The Global South countries are not trapped by existing facilities making combustion engine cars. They are completely free to move into making EVs in joint ventures with China. They do not have to reinvent the wheel and can just rely on Chinese technology to make all the EVs they need.
The Global South would all be users of EVs and new technology coming from China, including high speed trains, 5G/6G, Beidou satellite position system, communication system etc etc. America and Europe can sit on the wayside as spectators, continue to live their lives using obsolete technology and legacy cars for transportation and antique train systems. And Chinese apps like TikTok, Rednote and Lemon8 etc would be the apps of choice in the Global South, free from being monitored and listened to by American intelligence operators.
And the Global South would live on happily thereafter.
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USA will make all the cars for their home market as they could not ever compete with Chinese EVs sold outside the USA in price and innovation. USA citizens will have all the freedom but do not have a choice even in buying a car.
China will be making all the cars for its domestic market, BRICS countries and the Global South. There is no need for China to quarrel with the USA about tariffs even if it rises to 1,000%. It is a non-issue if Chinese EVs do not have to sell in the USA. That would make everybody happy. Chinese EV makers happy, USA consumers happy, China happy, BRICS happy, Trump happy and the Global South also happy.
So, what is the problem? Uh Oh, lest I forgot, Trump is going to make many countries part of the USA - Canada, Greenland, Mexico and Panama for a start of his global ambition. Japan, South Korea, Philippines and Singapore may follow soon. Even the Gulf of Mexico is not safe from the USA imperialist ambition. Then China may have a problem selling to those countries.
When the USA starts seizing territories and countries, everyone would be asking 'Who is next', just like the seizure of Russia assets. Not all countries are as dumb as what the USA thinks, only some. Same as the saying - You can fool most people most of the time, some people all the time, but not all people all the time.
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