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Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g... by handbanana on Friday June 15, 2018 @05:55PM (#17323949)
No decision is good for everyone. Unfortunately for you, this one isn’t
Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g... by kerbalspacepro on Friday June 15, 2018 @06:05PM (#17324021)
This is one of those "bad for everyone" decisions.
Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g... by handbanana on Friday June 15, 2018 @06:17PM (#17324093)
Care to explain your reason for thinking that?
Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g... by enraged_camel on Friday June 15, 2018 @06:21PM (#17324131)
It is actually quite self-explanatory: if an action that is intended to protect one party (US electronics manufacturers) at the expense of another party ends up instead harming the former, then by definition said action is good for no one.
Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g... by ojbyrne on Friday June 15, 2018 @06:36PM (#17324262)
It’s actually good for every country not affected by it.
Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g... by chris_wot on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:06PM (#17324482)
Name even one country not adversely affected by increased tariffs? I’m genuinely curious who comes out ahead on this.
Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g... by ojbyrne on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:33PM (#17324675)
In this case, where the US imposed tariffs on electronic components from China, every country that imports electronic components from China except the US.
Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g... by handbanana on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:24PM (#17324602)
Do you have any references/information showing that it harms the majority of US electronics manufacturers? Just wondering how you came to that conclusion
Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g... by nitwit005 on Friday June 15, 2018 @06:38PM (#17324275)
If everyone has to pay the tariff, then everyone has their costs go up, and you've basically just created a tax on the industry.
Re:White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech g... by handbanana on Friday June 15, 2018 @07:27PM (#17324635)
Agreed. Does everyone have to pay this tarrif? Or are you suggesting certain things should be immune from tariffs?