Protecting German industry. Lmao 🤣
They made a conscious decision to bankrupt it when they elected to lay sanction on Russia. No more cheap energy = cars can’t compete = German metallurgy and car manufacturing are dead now.
Sure they can put up sanctions on China cars, but it won’t matter as china will sell worldwide in a much larger market. Own eu/us market is too small for manufacturers to shelter there.
I expect China comac to dethrone Boeing and Airbus in the next decade.
Basically I don’t really see eu/us in a good position at all - they can’t compete population wise