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Submission Statement: Entrenched incumbent is demanding regulatory capture to prevent competition from more agile firms
Even where pressure from the US government has caused a foreign government to allow US-approved vehicles onto its roads, as Japan recently did, [Ford CEO Jim] Farley pointed out that there are “non-tariff barriers” that still make F-150s a very hard sell. There are regions with customers that are more welcoming to US imports—the Middle East, South America, Australia, and Southeast Asia—but even here, Ford sells its smaller, cheaper (Australian-designed) Ranger pickup.
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And I will continue driving my Subaru and fiat until the wheels fall off and not buy fords~
Well that’s one way to say that you can’t compete
lol.
lmao even.
Gimme my damn BYD! Tesla is owned by a Nazi and the other major manufacturers are ending their EV lines or don’t have good EV options. Just let em in.
This is the same ford ceo that drove a xiaomi su7?
Make better cars then. Long term protectionism hurts industry. Instead of keeping pace with competition maybe inching ahead for a couple falling behind for some you become isolated like the dodo bird. Like When the Japanese cars come into the scene in the 70s it’s a lean predator vs a bloated badly managed product of the American cars. Eventually the us version of the product becomes so inferior that pressure to open to competition is granted and it’s a massacre. Better to keep pace. Let BYD in have them partner with American manufacturers on battery development and make them build some factories or some shit here as part of the deal
Ford scaled back their electric car push in 2025 [more info.](https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/business/ford-electric-vehicle-pullback) Ford isn’t competitive internationally anymore because of this. Think of the geniuses at Ford next time you pay $4+ a gallon at the gas station. Trade wars and reliance on gasoline are ruining the economy.
Dude loves his Chinese vehicle:
[“Farley then admitted that the Chinese cars being made today are cars Americans would willingly buy, calling the SU7 he’s driving “high quality” with a “great digital experience.” He still drives one, he said”](https://www.motor1.com/news/777587/ford-chinese-automakers/)
If the RMB was allowed to float, those Chinese cars wouldn’t be so cheap at all.
There’s a huge amount of government direction and currency manipulation going on with China.