There's protecting national interest/security/industry, and then there's protecting existing incumbents. If we tax imports, we should also be doing everything we can to help new players in the market we are trying to protect. After all, strong markets are all about competition.
Is the US not? $7,500 EV tax credit, 30% EV charger installation tax credit for lower income census tracts, pretty much every county pays at least a few hundred dollars towards EV charger installation.
What existing incumbent is being protected? The policy, even as passed when Democrats were in power, protects whoever manufactures in the US, regardless of where the shareholders are.
