Of course he'll say that, as he is the of a US car manufacturer. But after close inspection, chinese cars aren't heavily subsidized, not even much more as US and european car manufacturers. It's all about protectionism as it has always been with the US, nothing they do they do out of kindness, hell, not even WW2, and certainly not the war in Iran. And yet the common civilian is in need for cheaper (but more luxurious) cars, as in regard to build quality US cars sure are nowhere to be found in the top.