Sanctions imposed on Russia by Western nations, including the United States, have helped make China the world’s biggest exporter of cars — another blow to the American auto industry.
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Since the start of the war between Ukraine and Russia, the U.S. and its European allies began imposing sanctions on Russia that hugely impacted the country’s auto industry. As the, the sanctions sought to cripple Russia by cutting off critical supply chains needed to produce cars. In 2020, Russia oversaw the production of $42 billion worth of cars and was among the top 10 ranking car producers in the world alongside the U.S., India, Spain, Germany, China, Japan, and South Korea, among others.
Despite an immediate impact on the Russian economy, the sanctions have helped make China the world’s biggest exporter of cars, as Chinese automakers fill the void that Western automakers left in Russia when they pulled out of the country.“By 2023, the list of the ten most popular car brands in Russia looked very different than before the war — six of them were Chinese,” the
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