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That is the whole point of Tariffs. To discourage purchase of foreign goods.
by gmoot 2y ago
That is the whole point of Tariffs. To discourage purchase of foreign goods.
- shigawire 2y agoThere would have to be a lot of pain to lead to domestically produced consumer electronics. And I'm not sure that end state is even desirable.
- iteratethis 2y agoThere's no such thing in a product as complicated as a laptop.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoRight. But are there any locally produced Windows laptops? No company is going to spin up local production for some tariffs that Trump might decide to reverse next week (a-la-Canada).
- bagels 2y agoI'm not buying domestic either. The tariffs are effectively on everything, because nearly everything will have tariffed inputs.
- tootie 2y agoIs it? Is that was Trump said? The US economy is driven by consumer spending and decreasing consumer spending is in nobody's interest.
- hilux 2y agoThe explicit points of the Trump tariffs are to raise revenue (which contradicts your point), and to encourage the revival and development of US business in the relevant sectors - which cannot physically happen in any short timeframe.