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teehee, gosh, you're right, liru fag.
it's not like we've spent the last 40 years hemorrhaging market share because we build bloated garbage that falls apart after 80,000 miles.
it's not like gm, ford, and chrysler got humiliated by toyota and honda in the 80s and never recovered because they were too busy pumping out dogshit v6 sedans and praying no one noticed their engines exploded while still under warranty.
it's not like ford literally pulled out of japan in 2016 after years of humiliating sales figures, under 1% market share, and that was with zero tariffs.
the "barriers" were never regulatory, you dumb fuck. they were cultural and practical.
our cars DO NOT FIT in japanese infrastructure.
they're EXACTLY LIKE AMERICANS: TOO wide, TOO thirsty, and TOO stupidly designed for a society that values precision, economy, and refinement over "i need a 12 mpg truck to go to the fucking grocery store."
you think the japanese want our 3-ton pedestrian killers clogging up their tight roads and narrow alleys? you think they want chevy tahoes idling outside kindergartens, choking toddlers with exhaust and blocking emergency vehicle access??
trump's deal isn't about "leveling the playing field," you oblivious cunt. it's a political stunt, forcing what WAS a close ally to pretend they want our cars so he can wave a paper around and say "i fixed trade."
and of course, being the nepo fuck baby you are, you just wholesale eat that shit up because he makes your oligarch family even more rich.
do you know about the voluntary export restraints from the 1980s?
the ones that did nothing except let our auto executives breathe easy while they still refused to do shit to solve the problem that caused the need for it in the first place?
of course you don't.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_export_restraint#1981_Automobile_VER
>This policy increased the US car sales and total revenue of the American car manufacturers by about $10 billion. The increase in earnings of the American companies was mainly paid for by the consumers in the US. By the imposition of this policy, they suffered the loss of around $13 billion (measured in 1983 dollars). The overall net welfare effect on the US economy was that the social welfare losses totalled $3 billion.
and don't give me this "safety" bullshit. you think honda, subaru, and toyota don't know how to build safe cars under 3,000 pounds?
japan's kei car safety ratings have improved for decades without needing to bolt on 600 pounds of "infotainment" and airbags for the american third chin.
DO YOU REALLY FUCKING THINK, completely in proportion here, that there are more deaths and injuries due to japanese cars as compared to american cars?
american cars have never sold in japan not because "japan bad", but because OUR CARS FUCKING SUCK, and no garbage quid pro quo trade deal is going to change that.
"excited for the future" my fucking left nut.
you're too rich, too soft, and too insulated to realize how pathetic this all looks to everyone outside your ivory tower and gated community.
or, you just don't give a fuck because your stupid family gets even more rich regardless, which brings me back to my first point:
fuck you.
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