U.S., Japanese, South Korean, and European automakers have united in calling for a complete ban on importing Chinese vehicles into the United States.

To encircle Chinese automobiles in the U.S. market, automakers from the United States, Japan, South Korea, and Europe have now fully aligned.

According to Reuters, on November 3, a so-called "Automotive Innovation Alliance" comprising over a dozen automakers from the U.S., Japan, South Korea, and Europe sent another letter to the U.S. Congress, urging swift passage of legislation that would permanently prohibit Chinese-made vehicles from entering the American market.

The report notes that this group includes nearly all major global automakers, who are pressing U.S. lawmakers to advance the proposed ban as soon as possible following the midterm elections.

As to why these foreign automakers exhibit such hostility toward Chinese vehicles, they have not acknowledged the underlying reason—that their own products are no longer competitive, prompting them to resort to underhanded tactics to exclude Chinese cars from the U.S. market. Instead, they continue to cite the purported threat to U.S. national security as a justification.

Previously, it has been observed that this resistance by foreign automakers toward Chinese vehicles reflects a double standard rooted in Western-centric thinking: the so-called “market principles” apply only when Western products dominate, but when market dynamics shift, non-Western competitors are swiftly labeled as engaging in “dumping,” “unfair competition,” or even posing a danger to national security.

It is therefore foreseeable that as China accelerates its industrial upgrading, similar incidents will occur with increasing frequency. In essence, many Western firms—particularly those from Japan and South Korea—are reliant on legacy advantages and habits of past success. When faced with a new competitor, their instinct is not to compete head-on, but to seek ways to exclude the rival from the market, as if maintaining a closed circle of influence could indefinitely preserve their existing market share.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1880832412072968/

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