Rates vary per nation, and Trump said he will impose an additional baseline 10 percent tariff on all countries regardless of their status.
Everyone is getting slapped with a baseline 10% no matter who they are. Everyone.
Trump is fucking with everyone's money, even if they've been an ally this whole time.
Everyone has a reason to jump us on the playground to settle the score.
Then you didn't watch the video. Temu and Shein were using a loophole for small-order mail items to avoid taxes. That's how Temu could offer a who Bluetooth speaker for $3. China also got a discount on shipping as a "developing country," which it obviously isn't in many aspect. Those loopholes are now closed.
The tariffs won't work. American tariffs work when they're targeted at a single country and we beat up on them. Trump is fucking with everyone's money -- Europe, Asia, Latin America, everyone! Now everyone has a reason to jump us on the playground to settle the score.
Brands like Mercedes, VW/ Audi, BMW, Toyota, Hyundia, etc. ALREADY build at around half their models in N. America. What more is there to do? There are more American-built parts in the Toyota Tundra than the F150 or Silverado. There tariffs are indiscriminate and irresponsible. Nobody sees the "endgame" here and Trump won't say either. It's only been three months and I'm already beyond disappointed with this old man impersonating Trump '16.
That's political rhetoric. Mercedes is already building some cars here in S. Carolina. However, you can't just build a factory and move production overnight. Trump also only has four years, so what's really the goal here? Everything points to Trump using the tariffs as a negotiating tool to get something else from the E.U., but he needs to make it quick. Americans don't like American cars, so these tariffs are also hurting all the Americans employed to sell and service foreign cars.
Trump should also exempt countries like Hungary from the tariffs. Orbán is Trump's BIGGEST supporter in Europe, and he's taken shit for it too. Mercedes and Audi build lots of cars there and it's a big part of Orbáns economy. Once again, Trump hurts those who support him most. These tariffs really are indiscriminate fire and don't show any sign that Trump and Co. know what they're really doing.
If tariffs are raising prices, and that's driving away customers, isn't the solution to LOWER prices to "cancel" the price hike?
That way prices stay the same, at the cost of lower profit margins, but business stays steady. Right?
I doubt any of these bimbos know the first thing about the Spanish Civil War. And, yes, there are clueless 30-year-olds, but they've also been paying taxes long enough by then to at least know the Dems are full of shit when they promise us free shit.
The Constitution shouldn't even apply to non-citizens. There should be a separate set of laws for non-residents that's less tolerant and more biased in the favor of national interests. Yes, non-citizens should be treated as guests and deported just as easily. Wild, I know.
No, she's Chinese. But that's not an option for him, as China wouldn't like to be seen as giving shelter to criminals; even though they do exactly that for native Chinese who run into trouble in Australia specifically. Lots Chinese party members have gone to AUS to run scams, get rich and then run back to China. He'll likely come to the U.S., anyhow.
It was good while it lasted, but Elon says 'No.'