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Wouldn't this only affect goods manufactured in the USA? If a finished product containing chips from say, Europe, were to land on USA shores it would only have a 15% tariff right?
Why does trump hate American manufacturing?
Huh? No, it's the opposite. You should really look up how tariffs work. They drive up prices for goods manufactured outside the US. Local goods are unaffected, giving them a competitive advantage.
What about situations where there are no alternative us made products
Then there are no US products to affect?
Are you a troll?
Or do you really not get it??
I honestly don't get whatever "it" is. Again, if you don't understand what a tariff is, it's very simple to look it up. Don't take my word for it.
If there is no alternative from US, the price of that product category as whole will rise, ultimately being paid by US citizens, meaning it is just a hidden tax rise 😘
I agree but that's not what we were discussing
Read all of the comments here, there are many stating why this would drive costs way up.
Read all of the comments here. I'm not disagreeing that it would drive prices up, I'm disagreeing that there would be tariffs on American products, because that's not how tariffs work.
This feels like semantics. Sure, domestically made products wouldn't have tariffs directly applied. But they will still increase in price as a result of this policy.
Which most of us here have reduced to "prices will rise on USA made products as a result of these tariffs".
So yes, tariffs aren't applied to domestic productions directly, but the end product will still cost more and the reason will be the tariffs.
I think we agree now, yes?
This is not semantics. The statement was "this will only affect goods manufactured in the US". No amount of semantics will make that correct.
Otherwise yes, I agree.
To expand slightly, I don't think tariffs are a inherently a bad idea. As part of a larger plan (in tandem with Biden's "build back better" financial incentives and other measures) they can be effective. Yes, they will increase prices. That's going to happen simply because the US generally doesn't exploit exploit cheap/slave labor. At least nowhere near the level of China. In the long term, theoretically, it brings jobs back to America and the median income increases. If you want to talk about affordability there are an infinite number of ways to improve that as well.
However, the way Trump has implemented them is haphazard, lazy, and unclear. Without even a concept of a plan. And the next President could very well wipe them all out overnight, thereby fucking any factories that made the decision to migrate. So yeah, they will absolutely fail.