New US Tariffs are Anti-Maker and Will Encourage Offshoring

Re:New US Tariffs are Anti-Maker and Will Encourage Offshoring by rdlecler1 on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @12:34PM (#17348136)

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.

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Re:New US Tariffs are Anti-Maker and Will Encourage Offshoring by throwawayjava on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:04PM (#17348370)

Providing 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?

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Re:New US Tariffs are Anti-Maker and Will Encourage Offshoring by scroogly on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @12:49PM (#17348254)

So why institute a tariff that makes it harder for US companies to compete, by excusing finished products in order not to piss off consumers?

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Re:New US Tariffs are Anti-Maker and Will Encourage Offshoring by larrydag on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:04PM (#17348368)

To change trade policy between the competing governments. Whether it's an effective policy we will have to wait and see.

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