Auto industry urges Trump to bar Chinese automakers in U.S. ahead of Xi visit

I PROMISE I AM NOT BEING DRAMATIC BUT HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT WHAT THE ENTIRE CAR INDUSTRY JUST DID? NO YOU HAVE NOT BUT LISTEN TO ME! SIX MAJOR AUTO TRADE GROUPS REPRESENTING LITERALLY EVERY MAJOR AUTOMAKER INCLUDING TESLA AND SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DEALERS JUST SENT A UNIFIED LETTER TO TRUMP BEGGING HIM TO KEEP THE DOOR FIRMLY SHUT ON CHINESE AUTOMAKERS SELLING OR IMPORTING OR EVEN BUILDING CARS IN AMERICA, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE TRUMP JUST SAID ON FOX NEWS LAST WEEK THAT HE WOULD BE TOTALLY FINE WITH CHINA OPENING PLANTS HERE! AND THE THING IS XI JINPING IS VISITING WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK, SO THE INDUSTRY IS SCREAMING THAT SUBSIDIZED CHINESE AUTOMAKERS WILL UNDERMINE FAIR COMPETITION AND HOLLOW OUT THE ADVANCED DEFENSE AND MANUFACTURING BASE, WHICH CANNOT BE REBUILT OVERNIGHT! ANYWAY THAT IS MY WHOLE THING, LET US DANCE.

Major U.S. auto trade groups urged President Donald Trump to bar Chinese automakers from manufacturing or selling vehicles in the country ahead of an upcoming visit by Xi Jinping.

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