US manufacturers are fine because the US has a long history of economic protecti...

latch · 2026-01-12T03:03:59 1768187039

Aren't you missing something? Gemini tells me that non-NA market makes up 33% of Ford's sales, and 51% of GMs.

So a better way to put it is "protects US automakers in the US." And that assumes NA manufacturers would be unaffected by declining sales abroad.

intrasight · 2026-01-12T00:17:28 1768177048

More importantly, the US will ban Chinese automation tech. Which is just fine by me. But I drive a 10 year old car.

Tariffs alone can't keep out cheap foreign products.