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In reply to the discussion: NAFTA's ISDS: Why Canada Is One of the Most Sued Countries in the World [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)Deny it all you want.
People will buy foreign cars if they want them whether they are made in the US or not, if they are willing to pay the price. Of course if they were more expensive fewer people would buy them. Which would support the US auto industry, keeping well paying jobs for people who wouldn't be able to have a good job otherwise, either because of location or lack of education. With better jobs, those people spend more money than if they were living on a non-union wage, boosting the economy overall.
And I disagree that American car makers suck (let me tell you here in Canada how many foreign cars suck in the cold). For a brief period of time 'reliability' was the competitive advantage for non-US car makers which made people pay more for foreign cars even before free trade. However, the tide is turning on that. American car makers are taking note and making better vehicles. Toyota and volkswagon not so much. It's a typical corporate cycle. All companies go through it. If there was no free trade at all, there would still be corporate cycles, new companies, innovation etc.