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I think his trade policy is doing much better than expected.Personally, I'm thinking "is the thread going so badly for Donald's trade policy that there's a need to continue to drag it off topic by unrelated attacks on the previous administration".
By what metric?I think his trade policy is doing much better than expected.
By how many countries who have already dropped, or will drop, their tariffs on the United States and are asking to come to the negotiation table. Think about it. If tariffs are so bad, why does almost every country have them, particularly against U.S. goods?By what metric?
So far there is one. Israel. And we don't have much trade with them at all. There are meaningful trading partners we have zero trade with pending what type of product. That's with Canada and Mexico. Trump just changed that. Well, I think he did because he's been going back and forth from they're on, to not on, to on....who knows where they are at now. No one is saying tariffs are bad. They are used by all countries to protect given industries. We, the US, have 100% tariff on Chinese E-cars that have now revolutionized that industry with battery recharges that take a little more than it would take to fill your tank. Musk should appreciate that, because if those got in out markets right now, game over.By how many countries who have already dropped, or will drop, their tariffs on the United States and are asking to come to the negotiation table. Think about it. If tariffs are so bad, why does almost every country have them, particularly against U.S. goods?
I have heard differently.So far there is one.
Read it. The only country offering zero tariffs is Israel.I have heard differently.
List of countries considering lifting tariffs on the US
"We are going to fight these tariffs with countermeasures," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday.www.newsweek.com
By how many countries who have already dropped, or will drop, their tariffs on the United States and are asking to come to the negotiation table.
Note the days that those things were from. All of the conciliatory statements and actions were from before Trump's tariffs were announced. Canada said on Monday that they would not place tariffs on certain industries. Israel reduced its tariffs on Tuesday. Reuters reported last week (the article was written on Thursday) that India was open to reducing tariffs. Vietnam promised to reduce its tariffs last week. The tariff details were announced on Wednesday.I have heard differently.
List of countries considering lifting tariffs on the US
"We are going to fight these tariffs with countermeasures," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday.www.newsweek.com
Tariffs aren't inherently bad. Targeted tariffs can be helpful if you have industries that you want to protect or if you want to make a statement about a particular country's business practices - it's blanket tariffs that are a problem. And, as far as I can tell, very few countries place tariffs specifically on US goods.Think about it. If tariffs are so bad, why does every country have them, particularly against U.S. goods?
And VietnamRead it. The only country offering zero tariffs is Israel.
And Vietnam
Pop can prices up, silly aluminum. Not so cheap now, is it?There's already a thread on Canada going back and forth with the US. This thread is for any tariffs involving the US: Canada, Mexico, EU, Japan, wherever.
Europe has responded to Trump's steel tariffs with a 50% tariff tariff on American whiskey.
And now Trump is considering a tariff tariff tariff due to the tariff tariff.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump slammed the E.U. as “one of the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the World, which was formed for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the United States.” He called the proposed tariff on American whiskey, an industry that is already facing a slowdown in the U.S. market, “nasty.”
“If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S. will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER E.U. REPRESENTED COUNTRIES,” Trump wrote.
Maybe he can rename the Champagne region of France to be Swillsville.
I honestly think Vietnam is looking to replace China in trade with the US.I have not seen a proposed zero rate like Israel has offered.
But yes, cuts on some products.
Products like cars which they really don't import from us.
US cars are .84% of Vietnam's imports.
I think we both know what would happen if in a magical world the US and Vietnam both had zero tariffs.
I stand corrected. Just read in the NYTimes Vietnam is offering zero tariffs for American products.I honestly think Vietnam is looking to replace China in trade with the US.
I think that Trump's end state is not to return all manufacturing, only those necessary for national security and economic growth. If Nike wants to move their shoe manufacturing out of the Chinese child sweat shops and into a Vietnamese child sweat shop, that is on them. But I wouldn't want any president of United States traveling the world like Zelensky, dependant on and begging for resources so that we can defend our national interests.I stand corrected. Just read in the NYTimes Vietnam is offering zero tariffs for American products.
The catch is however, they want US to as Trump says "reciprocate" with zero tariffs on their products.
That's nothing but win win for Vietnam and a loss of American manufacturers.
Here's hoping the people who created new tariffs rates using a process tantamount to a Ouji Board are smarter than that.
But it's an American bull. So it's pumped full of steroids and antibiotics and not very good quality meat.When the bull dies we get to eat more ground beef.
If the desire is to move national security related manufacturing, then you place tariffs on those kinds of manufacturing.I think that Trump's end state is not to return all manufacturing, only those necessary for national security and economic growth. If Nike wants to move their shoe manufacturing out of the Chinese child sweat shops and into a Vietnamese child sweat shop, that is on them. But I wouldn't want any president of United States traveling the world like Zelensky, dependant on and begging for resources so that we can defend our national interests.
Trade deficit is a scary term, but it is ultimately meaningless.remind me whats bad about trade deficits?
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