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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

They were, yes, because the US was a trusted ally who shared a worldview, geopolitical interests and political ideal of democracy and other values. China never has. The US no longer does. Europe is the only other major car making economy that Canada shares values closely with but they aren't making cheap EVs yet and may never.

More trade with China creates more opportunities for whatever their geopolitical goals are and empowers those efforts, including creating the kind of trade leverage the US has been using to force compliance. Canada must trade and the options are not ideal.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 hours ago

Hmm. Are European EVs more expensive than American ones? I thought they were similar.