re: Do you think it is fair that Chinese automakers can use Mexico to ship cars tax free?

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Do China and the relevant Mexican entities agree on the terms of the arrangement?

Then yes, it is fair.

Is it advantageous to the United States? No.

Should our policy change to address it? Yes.

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Agreed. This is what happens when your government becomes so fat and lazy that it allows competition from other countries to draw manufacturing out of your own.

In the specific instance of the auto industry, it's also what happens when the auto industry greatly expands upper and middle management positions and salaries during times of high net profits while remaining so highly confrontational to labor that unions flourish to the point of also abusing pay.

If we're going to talk about "fair" then the auto industry (and thus auto unions) falling under the weight of being too adversarial towards one another has to play into it as well.