Because American auto makers convinced the government that BYD is price dumping in every market segment at the same time and somehow staying profitable.

Tariffs, the tariff on Chinese vehicles is 100%.

Freedom

No they arent? See BYD for sure, but see most other brands more often still.

Regulatory capture, legalized bribery whoops I mean political donations, and protectionism. Gotta let Detroit keep making crappy bro-dozers that get 15MPG.

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just destroy your industrial base and become fully dependent on china bro

Same reason they are not in EU, tarrifs.