"American quality products"? Like the shitty cars that got pushed to the side when Japan outcompeted us?
It will take a decade for American manufacturing to gear up to what is taking place in Asia.
Have tariffs impacted your spending?
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It will take a decade for American manufacturing to gear up to what is taking place in Asia.
Trump will convince the poorly educated that the Ford Edsel was the best car ever made, much like the East Germans were told that the Trabant was perfection.
So long as he speaks slowly and loudly, and no word has more than a single syllable they can understand him.
I would add:
It will also entail a fuckton MOAR domestic air, water, and soil pollution / environmental damage.
Related:
Has anyone else noticed the massive push for massive deregulation that is preceding this effort to re-shore heavy industry and manufacturing???
Coincidence???
We. Told. Them. So.
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In Washington State, we haven't noticed any difference, yet. But, because of the idiots in Olympia, our gas prices continue to rise as the rest of the country falls. You see, in our state, the current and former governor fine refineries for... wait for it.. refining petroleum!
What makes you think shipping costs will rise?
Trump has caved to the UK, returned taxes back to 10%.
The World Caving Champion said he was surprised at how much the UK traded, he didn't know about any of it. One of the things he wanted initially was for the UK to import American chlorinated chicken. Kier Starmer said that wasn't going to happen, and in fairness it hasn't.
The World Caving Champion said he was surprised at how much the UK traded, he didn't know about any of it. One of the things he wanted initially was for the UK to import American chlorinated chicken. Kier Starmer said that wasn't going to happen, and in fairness it hasn't.
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I generally don't consider anything less than 15 years old, but I get the impression that Toyota is still mostly great, except maybe the V6 engines. Honda is OK. Nissan was great, but then let quality slip and now makes shit. All the Korean brands are shit, worse than American cars. In all brands, the weakest link is imported parts at a wide variety of quality control. And then we have very specific regulations of what carmakers are allowed to make, a design process by bureaucracy. But that may all become moot as driving becomes less affordable.
What makes you think driving will become less affordable? We're not about to run short of petroleum.
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The price hikes I've seen are the result of the Biden inflation. As of yet, I can't point to a single personal expense caused by the tariffs.
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Are you more of a marionette or a hand up your ass puppet?
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"The good parts are the Trump economy. The bad parts are Biden's."
This is after the felon claimed Biden's stock market records were because of trump.
Do you even realize how this crazy shit sounds to sane people? Probably not because you're a gullible fucking idiot.
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Unaffected mostly here but I shop mostly non-typical. I go to typical grocery stores but I also buy meat, vegetables, fruit, honey, etc from local farms. This year I have a pretty big garden and will expand for next year.
I think eggs went up a little bit, but there was also the egg shortage issue.
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Honestly, when the boss buys American equipment for the lab, it breaks. The last bit lasted less than 6 months.
I'm hoping he can find an Italian made alternative. They make everything so damn sexy smooth.
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You could spin that into a theory that America doesn't want Europe to have science.
Europe will need to make more of its own products, but on a smaller energy budget. That may limit UK labs to UK made equipment as shipping costs increase.
Why a smaller energy budget? And why would shipping costs increase? We're not about to run short of petroleum.
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My penis shares your view.
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Completely unaffected. I continue to watch if my grocery bills are growing but it's difficult because I don't always buy the same things. Gas prices have actually dropped. I am still preparing for the likelihood that some things will get more expensive. It's still a bit early to be asking this. Maybe 2 or 3 months from now we'll have a better idea of how the tariffs are impacting not just the US, but globally as well.
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Most likely June at the earliest. Personally I've been boycotting Chinese goods for 7 years unless the need is real and there is no alternative.
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Could you tell me what's going on? There are no specifics in that 'deal' except maybe cars and beef mentioned. Did anyone order a Bentley or Jaguar and feel relieved that the import tax went down? How many blue-collar workers have their British car on order?
Are American farmers better off because of it? Where's the beef? Someone mentioned 95% of American beef is consumed in the US. Who's getting the other 5%? That 5% can't be going to England in this new deal, especially when they ban the chemicals used to raise our cattle.
What's the savings? Who's better in the deal now? What's happening?
According to the US-UK trade deal announcement, the United Kingdom has agreed to lower tariffs on US goods to 1.8% from 5.1%. [Hell of a reduction, right?] And a mention of buying a few Boeing planes by the UK. What are we buying in return?
No answers, but we have a great deal coming, if you believe the hype.
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I stopped buying anything from Temu as the tariffs were higher than the items. I didn't buy them here instead, just didn't get them.
This article is worth reading in its entirety, as it illustrates what Americans are now beginning to post on social media about the new tariffs, how they impact their purchases, businesses and healthcare; apparently a lot of dental stuff comes from outside US borders and so is subject to whopping price hikes:
As Trump's tariffs have gone into effect, businesses like Wyze have started sharing what these new import charges look like in practice.
This article is worth reading in its entirety, as it illustrates what Americans are now beginning to post on social media about the new tariffs, how they impact their purchases, businesses and healthcare; apparently a lot of dental stuff comes from outside US borders and so is subject to whopping price hikes:
As Trump's tariffs have gone into effect, businesses like Wyze have started sharing what these new import charges look like in practice.
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Why would anyone buy anything from Temu in the first place?
You might as well just go buy some AK47’s and ship them to the PLA.
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