Ɖ Gardịn vy on Bîdn’z ‘Bai America’ straṭji: a wec-up cōl fr Yṛp
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 29 Nov. 2022)
Hyj subṣdiz fr YS-best lo-carbn mańfacćrrz r pozñ big probḷmz fr YY līdrz
Tyzde 29 Nvmbr 2022
In a slic Jenṛl Motrz advrt erd jrñ last yir’z Sūṗbol, ɖ actr n cmīdịn Wíl Feṛl tc petriotic umbrij at Norwe’z abiḷti t sel mor ilectric viyclz p’ capita ɖn ɖ YS. “Norwe’z bìtñ s at IVz!”, Feṛl l’mntd, bfr pṛmotñ JM’z lêtist baṭritecnoḷji t ɖ woćñ miłnz.
Olmst tū yirz on, ɖ añst z biyñ flt on ɖ uɖr sîd v ɖ Atlantic. Folowñ on fṛm Prezidnt Jo Bîdn’z “Bai America” rūlz fr infṛstrucćr, hiz Infleśn Rdux́n Act (IRA) wl dlivr, fṛm Jańri, olmst $370bn wrʈ v subṣdiz n taxbrecs t YS-best cumṗniz involvd in ɖ trnziśn t a lo-carbn icoṇmi. Arnd $50bn wl cm in ɖ form v taxcredits t pswed Americnz t bai ilectric viyclz md in Norʈ America (Caṇda n Mx̣co wr includd in ɖ dīl aftr iniṣ́li biyñ left ǎt).
Mr Bîdn hz hêld ɖs preḟrenśl trītmnt az a mīnz t trboćarj America’z drîv t net ziro, criet gd clīn-eṇji jobz ʈrt ɖ YS, n gv substns t hiz “md in ɖ YSA” reṭric. Ɖ vy fṛm Paris, Brlin n Bruslz z cnsidṛbli les sanḡn. Az a growñ numbr v cumṗniz sīc t fli pṛhibtiv Yṛpiyn eṇjicosts, ɖr z a fir ɖt ɖ lur v hyj Americn subṣdiz wl axeḷret an industrịl x’ds. Ɖ Frenć prezidnt, Emmanuel Macron, sjstd last munʈ ɖt f ɖ YS wz folowñ Ćîna dǎn a pṛtx́nist paʈ, Yṛp cd nt aford t b left bhnd, pînñ fr a goldn ej v fri tred. “W nīd a Bai Yṛpiyn Act lîc ɖ Americnz,” sd Mr Macron. “W nīd t rzrv [ǎr subṣdiz] fr ǎr Yṛpiyn mańfacćrrz.” In Jrṃni, ɖ mūd apirz t b similr. Robert Habeck, ɖ icoṇmiministr, hz stetd ɖ nīd fr a stroñ Yṛpiyn rspons t Mr Bîdn’z IRA, includñ a ny emḟsis on locl pṛkrmnt.
Jrñ a stetvizit ɖs wīc t Wośñtn, Mr Macron wl sīc t win cnseśnz fr Yṛpiyn mańfacćrrz, alawñ ɖm t cmpit on a mor levl pleyñfīld wɖ YS-best mańfacćrrz. H wl olso rêz Yṛpiyn fṛstreśnz ovr ɖ hyj marc-up on ɖ prîs v Americn gas biyñ sold intu ɖ YY. Bt mejr ćenjz t ɖ flagśp IRA r unlîcli, n in eni ces ɖ d’rex́n v travl z clir. Sins tecñ ofis, Mr Bîdn’z prinsipl tredfoc̣s hz bn on dīcuṗlñ fṛm n cmpitñ wɖ Ćîna, az wel az ic̣nomic rjeṇreśn in ɖ cndz v plesz ɖt swuñ t Doṇld Trump in 2016. H z sngl-mîndidli prîoṛtîzñ YS inṭrests in ɖ imrjñ multipolr globl icoṇmi. Wośñtn’z most sīńr tred’fiśl, Cáʈrin Tai, hz rjd ɖ YY t stop cmplenñ n intṛdys its ǒn vrśn v ɖ YS subṣdiprogram, n rdys its ǒn Ćîna-dpndnsi on ɖ rod t net ziro.
Az Ycreńnz cnfrunt Ruśn atmts t frīz ɖm intu sbmiśn ɖs wintr, ɖs tranz’tlantic cntrovsi mst nt b alaud t fracćr wstn yṇti at a criticl tîm. Bt ɖ drift v Mr Bîdn’z poḷsiz śd repriznt a wec-up cōl fr Yṛpiyn līdrz. Fr betr n fr wrs, ɖ ira in ẃć fri tred hz bn an unćalinjd stṛtījic gol in ɖ wst z ovr. Ɖ dǎnsîdz v ɖt cnsnss wr xpozd bî popylist rvolts in post-industrịl rījnz v ɖ wst, Covid-rletd s’plîćen fełrz, naśnl-s’kṛti cnsrnz n ɖ globl eṇjicrîsis. Ɖ ćalinj fr Yṛp z t mnten its cmitmnt t opņis n inṭnaśnl tred, ẃl at ɖ sem tîm dveḷpñ a consept v Yṛpiyn ic̣nomic sovṛnti ɖt z adiqt t ćenjñ tîmz. Ɖ YY intrnl-marcit cmiśnr, Thierry Breton, hz dscrîbd Mr Bîdn’z subṣdiz az an xampl v “dtrṃneśn n ōdaṣti” az ɖ wrld trnziśnz t clīn eṇji. Yṛp mst nǎ dsîd ẃɖr t rspond in cnd.
