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Yes Trump has a history of announcing shocks and then quietly back-peddling etc. But the numbers come from the big placard he holds up. There are pics of his
by willvarfar 2y ago
Yes Trump has a history of announcing shocks and then quietly back-peddling etc.
But the numbers come from the big placard he holds up. There are pics of his announcement holding his rate card in article if you scroll down.
- toasterlovin 2y agoYeah, I’ve seen the boards he was holding up, but the fact that those numbers are not on the whitehouse.gov page and that they’ll be implemented a few days later makes me think they’re not final yet. Plus we don’t know if they’re in addition to or replace the existing China tariffs, for example.
- Qworg 2y agoThe admin has stated they are in addition to (totaling 54%).
- Loughla 2y agoThey're absolutely in addition to. We run a very small business (luckily just for side income). One of our suppliers expects prices to go up 45-55% by the time this is done. It sucks out loud because there are literally no suppliers from the US for the parts we need.