The opinion article uses the US golf-cart industry to illustrate broader concerns about China’s impact on American manufacturing and employment. It argues that Chinese government support and allegedly unfair pricing can undermine US companies, reducing production, jobs and investment in manufacturing communities.

US imports of low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China exceeded $522 million in 2023, more than double the 2021 figure. The Department of Commerce found Chinese producers had benefited from countervailable subsidies and sold vehicles below fair value, prompting anti-dumping and countervailing-duty measures; however, the article says companies have sought to evade them through altered supply chains, relabelling or third-country routes.