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Reading the comments I think people are forgetting this is a cooercive and retaliatory tariff on China, not a merchantislist policy. Is someone going to change
by rdlecler1 8y ago
Reading the comments I think people are forgetting this is a cooercive and retaliatory tariff on China, not a merchantislist policy. Is someone going to change their whole supply chain if this gets resolved in 3-6 months? The US is arguing that effectively China has been waging a trade war with the US and has merchantialist and nationalistic economic policies that make it difficult for US companies to compete.
- scroogly 8y agoSo why institute a tariff that makes it harder for US companies to compete, by excusing finished products in order not to piss off consumers?
- larrydag 8y agoTo change trade policy between the competing governments. Whether it's an effective policy we will have to wait and see.
- throwawayjava 8y agoProviding US companies with an even greater financial incentive to move their final assembly in China seems like a rather counter-productive retaliation. What am I missing?