Question

The United States imports a lot of cars, despite having its own auto industry. Each of the following statements are arguments some people could make for restricting imports of cars into the United States. For each statement, identify the threat to the U.S. industry that the argument is trying to counter, and identify the opportunities that would be given up if the argument wins.

a. "Foreign manufacturers are offloading cars made with cheap foreign labor operating in unsafe and unhealthy factories. We must pass a law to prevent this exploitation."
b. "We need to foster the innovation of small car companies like Tesla that can truly change the auto industry. Allowing foreign electric vehicle manufacturers to sell cars in the U.S. will squander any chance of creating those car domestically."
c. "You shouldn't buy a car from Nissan or BMW! You're putting people here out of a job."

Answer 1

a). An Anti dumping laws will prevent any unfair competition.

The foreign companies uses the method of of dumping for selling cars in the country. So US should impose anti - dumping law to prevent this unfair competition in its market. Doing this, the price of the foreign cars will increase and it will help reduce the demand of foreign cars in the US.

b). Protection can help the infant industries to develop.

To prevent the foreign companies from selling their hybrid electric cars in the US at a low price, US should impose high tax on these foreign electric vehicles. Therefore, protection can help the infant industries to develop and it will encourage the production as well as the distribution of the small scale industries in the market.

c). Foreign competition can lead to many job losses.

When an economy is consuming a lot of foreign goods, it will be a tough competition for the domestic manufacturers. The products of the domestic manufacturers will be less demanding and this lead to low production which will affect the manufacturer and therefore, it will lead to losses of jobs and massive unemployment.