[SoCal Pubbie]

If that’s the case why does China produce twice as many motor vehicles as the United States?

[1rudeboy]

Well, one reason is that U.S. corporate tax policy (remember, this is the same government that folks expect to protect them) encourages U.S. auto manufacturers to create free-standing subsidiaries (aka, offshoring) in foreign countries. So while Buick is the best-selling auto in China (at least until recently), GM plants in the U.S. see none of the business.

[Alberta's Child]

U.S. auto production is mainly oriented to domestic sales. China probably produces many cheap cars that are exported to other Asian countries that don’t have their own production facilities and wouldn’t be a market for U.S.-built cars anyway because they couldn’t afford them. It’s easy to forget that a Ford Focus would be considered a luxury car in much of the world.