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Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer... by bagels on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @11:27AM (#43091542)
Maybe I'm alone in this, but despite being able to afford to, I'm just not going to be buying as much non-essential stuff to avoid funding these tariffs.
Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer... by gmoot on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @11:40AM (#43091800)
That is the whole point of Tariffs. To discourage purchase of foreign goods.
Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer... by shigawire on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @11:43AM (#43091846)
There 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.
Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer... by iteratethis on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @07:05PM (#43096813)
There's no such thing in a product as complicated as a laptop.
Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer... by insane_dreamer on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @01:32PM (#43093332)
Right.

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).

Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer... by bagels on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @02:14PM (#43093822)
I'm not buying domestic either. The tariffs are effectively on everything, because nearly everything will have tariffed inputs.
Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer... by tootie on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @04:38PM (#43095429)
Is it? Is that was Trump said? The US economy is driven by consumer spending and decreasing consumer spending is in nobody's interest.
Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer... by hilux on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @06:47PM (#43096640)
The 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.
Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer... by wesselbindt on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @11:37AM (#43091745)
Trump's primarily looking to hit the "I live paycheck to paycheck and my washing machine just broke" crowd, I believe. That's about 30% of households.