Buick Seeks Exemption From Trump Administration For Chinese Tariffs

How about a 1:1 exception? You can bring in 1 Chinese car of a brand for 1 car of that brand built in the USA. You get one Chinese Buick for ever American Buick. You get one Chinese Volvo for every American Volvo. You have to build an American Geely to import a Chinese Geely. Keep tariffs on the rest. The real goal is to get at China proactively so they don't flood the market with affordable cars from China. A 1:1 rule is reasonable, but it would force Chinese makers like Geely, GAC, and SAIC to set up production here. The Koreans, Japanese, and Germans are already invested in production here.

clearly what is needed here is a trillion dollar bailout for the car industry just like the farmers.

Great comment Matt...

What is hilarious about all this is how the right wingers used to be all about “keep your government hands out of running my business” and now they are all championing a 1970’s Democratic Party platform of wanting tariffs and trade quotas... I mean, do we now have a right wing that is Socialist and wants government intervention in personal business?

Thats the most stupid and "hilarious" comment since the Tom & Steve Show you lib-tard... The Government is supposed to be the body guard to American businesses against rogue Governments that prohibit trade, whats personal about that? You have any clue what it takes to sell in someother countries, especially China? Their Commines for goodness sake... Trump is undoing what has literally gone on for decades. Free trade has only gone one way so maybe take an economics lesson. And what 70's DemonCrap party, Jiminy Carter, what a rube... only to be bested by Bill "the degenerate" Clintstone, then the utterly pathetic and dangerously unqualified Barry (I bow to you now) Soetoro. GM needs to shut up in a market where SUV's are exploding this car isn't setting any records, it needs a revamp and build it here...

@rockreid this isn't keeping government hands out of business but it is 100% about the open borders bullsh!t that the American NAZI Party (formerly Democrat) wants.

WHile it night be nice to think that GM can just stop production in China and move it to a USA plant - even if they wanted to do that - it would take years. THe other plant that produces those platform crossovers is in Mexico. But why would GM want to build a plant for production of 40,000 vehicles - so they will have to simply discontinue it - the jobs are not coming here.

However - there was a time when ALL a president would have had to do is stand in front of his supporters and tell them to STOP BUYING CHINESE goods. Choose goods from other countries or domestically made - and tell the people it would be patriotic to do so. If trump did that - his 38% of the people would probably follow his wishes - without tariffs.

Why would GM want to stop production in China? GM builds enough here that importing some Chinese Buicks and Cadillacs is no big deal.

Obviously MaTT - T

Obviously - Matt - they DON"T want to stop production in China - especially on a vehicle that sells well in China and not so well here. However - most Buick dealers I know of - are also GMC dealers - and the new Acadia - which was reduced in size so as NOT to compete with the Buick Enclave - is really the same size as the Envision - so the dealers will not be short a size - only the brand will be.The acadia is made in the USA - and I assume that GM COULD with some engineering build the Envision on that Spring Hill Tennessee assembly line EVENTUALLY - if Boris does not relent