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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“It is important to the president and me that American firms and workers can compete on a level playing field,” Ms. Yellen said. “We have raised overcapacity in previous discussions with China, and I plan to make it a key issue in discussions during my next trip there.”

She added: “I will press my Chinese counterparts to take necessary steps to address this issue.”

China, which invested more than $130 billion in its solar sector last year, has voiced its own frustration about America’s manufacturing investments. Buyers of electric vehicles that contain components made in China, Russia, North Korea or Iran are not eligible for generous U.S. tax credits.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Warping the supply chain is when you produce commodities.

Stabilizing the supply chain is when you do trade war.

🤡

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago

Nothing more free trade than restricting tax credits based on the country of origin of your AC fan

[–] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago (1 children)

put this next to the graph that shows this year's ocean temperature anomaly

[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Have you considered that first solar won't have profit margins tho? That by itself is worth delaying installations by at least 5 years

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Think of all the money they aren't making by forcing people to sign permanent rental contracts instead of selling them the panels!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago

They literally can resell chinese panels as rentals, its not like producers care too much

[–] [email protected] 38 points 7 months ago (1 children)

wojak-nooo Noooooo, you can't just take over the whole green energy market with your immense productive capacity! That's not faaaaiir!

[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

usa when they have oil

sucks to suck, cuba, we won't sell you any

usa when they don't have solar panels

this fucking sucks, what the fuck

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (4 children)

She is a clown, but the CPC is also full of clowns by continuing accept these idiotic neolibs into the country, "I'll press my Chinese counterparts" is quite embarrassing unless they're telling her to fuck off and never come back but [insert comment here about Chinese pragmatism and why "diplomacy" is important.]

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Diplomacy is important when you're talking to the only country that has ever nuked another one

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How much of it was because Japan didn't have nukes though? China is now clearly the second biggest economy with easily the most competent and advanced military, they have nukes, literaly the 3rd largest stock. Meanwhile we have the entire 20th century pattern of US only starting select imperialist wars against inferior(or perceived as inferior) enemies.

Out of all the narratives, "we need to be extra careful of US nukes" is not the one. Its certainly not even what the DPRK or Russia say/think about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

It was just a shorthand way of saying the us has a history of violence (warranted and very much not) towards other countries.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think at this point they let them in, give them some bullshit about working together, and then utterly destroy them just for fun

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

It's a hard pill to swallow for hexbear users, but the CPC is in fact very civility pilled.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

China allows America to put on a clown show in the same way you talk calmly to a child throwing a tantrum. It's not for the benefit of the Americans, it shows the unaligned countries that China has mature and predictable foreign policy, while also allowing America to embarrass itself with increasingly irrational allegations.

In other words: sit-back-and-enjoy

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I Warn Other Runners At 100-Meter Race Against Dangers Of Being Too Good At Running Making It Unfair For Me

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I am so close to imposing sanctions on Usain Bolt.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Under fair circumstances, he'd never beat me. If he beats me, that means he's rigged the track somehow.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago

Mom said you guys have to play fair.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"capitalist" country.

Infamous for its leaders in being some of the whiniest, laziest, most entitled people. Its country's young people cannot get jobs because employers are too much of picky divas to put anyone to work. Even the EU is going to blow this country out of the water sooner or later, and we deserve it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Hahahahahahaha agony-shivering fuck Y***** in the t******k

Her and the lackies can go tae hell...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

THEY OWN THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION TOO GOOD HOW DID THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THIS SO SNEAKY

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Lol what a crybaby garbage of a country.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Sounds like we're just being out-competed in the world marketplace sweaty 💅