Toyota urged Washington not to “play politics” on environmental issues by offering tax credits for US-made electric vehicles, joining a chorus of foreign opposition to the issue.
In President Joe Biden’s effort to help American workers, the Build Back Better Act proposes $ 4,500 in tax credits for electric vehicles made in America by unionized workers.
Toyota, whose 10 car factories in the United States employ 36,000 workers, does favor “incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles to accelerate the transition” to electricity, the company said in a statement.
However, the Japanese automaker added that the proposed credits for the vehicles made by the unions devalue the work of those who chose not to join a union, and send a message that promoting unions is more important than fighting. against climate change.
“Let’s not play politics with the environment, the American auto worker, or the American consumer. This is not fair. This is not correct, ”Toyota said.
On Monday, the Mexican ambassador to the United States, Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, and two dozen other ambassadors expressed in a letter addressed to the leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives that this regulation would be “discriminatory” for foreign automotive producers and would go “To the detriment” of international trade commitments.
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