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Re: Biden’s Auto Tariffs

Here’s a hypothetical, which I wonder if others have taken the time wrestle with openly: do cars built by a unionized workforce in a different country (e.g., Canada, Mexico, Japan, etc.) represent a bigger threat to the liberal project than cars built by nonunion labor in a right-to-work state in the USA? There is certainly an understandable amount of nationalism that runs through the rank-and-file UAW members, but being more internationally focused would seem to be in their interest, too.

Here is a letter from Shawn Fein, President of UAW, to Katherine Tai, USA trade ambassador, giving comment on the need for tariffs, while giving perspective on previous attempts to increase workers rights in Mexico: https://downloads.regulations.gov/USTR-2023-0013-0013/attachment_1.pdf.

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