Comments on: Bad, Bad China, Says The WTO. Who Cares, Says China

By: Geotpf

Geotpf — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:06:58 +0000

In general, it actually costs more to build the same car in China than in Japan or the US, because their factories are wildly inefficient, so much that cheap labor can’t compensate.

By: AG

AG — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:37:22 +0000

Wait, the Chinese are worried about being underbid? Are you serious?

By: Detroit-Iron

Detroit-Iron — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:45:57 +0000

the Chinese parts industry’s fear of a flood of cheap imports from the EU and NA is unwarranted

no shit

By: dean

dean — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:04:42 +0000

Or China could do like the US government, and in the face of innumerable rulings that countervailing softwood lumber duties imposed on wood imported from Canada violated the terms of NAFTA, say a big fuck you and keep doing it anyway.