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Americans Are Open To Cheap Chinese Cars. That’s 'Scary' For The Rest Of The Auto Industry (insideevs.com)
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Americans Are Open To Cheap Chinese Cars. That’s 'Scary' For The Rest Of The Auto Industry

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

China still handles nearly a third of all manufacturing in the world, and the US only a sixth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

For sure, China is a manufacturing juggernaut, no question. They also have 4 times the population of the US. But in terms of raw numbers, absolutely China is the biggest manufacturer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Every time I go to buy something "Made in USA" from a hardware store, it's measurements are all like 5/8ths of a freedom eagle.

At least the Chinese stuff uses metric, even if it's generally less robust