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You can do it gradually (2-3 years). Trump already imposed 25% tariff on China goods, and nothing dramatic happened, and I bet many people switched to goods fro
by riku_iki 5y ago
You can do it gradually (2-3 years). Trump already imposed 25% tariff on China goods, and nothing dramatic happened, and I bet many people switched to goods from other countries.
One example: I am into electric guitars, and almost all manufacturers moved from China because of tariff risks.
- dylan604 5y agoI still think that the global supply chain debacle was partly due to the Trump tariffs. People were already scrambling to find new suppliers before the pandemic. The situation is a culmination of all of the stuff that happened in just a short time frame.
- riku_iki 5y agoThis disruption actually makes things worse for China, since once/if new supply chain components established outside China, it will be hard for them to get business back.
- tekknik 5y agoIt has more to do with ship docks being backlogged. Then when a docks storage fills up, they turn the ship away or make it circle.
- nopenopenopeno 5y agoYeah, when you control the global economy like the USA does, it’s pretty easy to just make sure there are always starving countries to move your sweatshops to.
- tekknik 5y agoAnother way to look at this, since you know since the US literally had nothing to do with why it’s starving, is the US is trying to help a smaller country (and gain an ally) by trading with that country.
- nopenopenopeno 5y agoWhatever you need to tell yourself to sleep at night.
- tekknik 5y agoHere you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_Ukraine Where’s the part where the US caused poverty?