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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by nabla9 on Thursday April 03, 2025 @02:29AM (#43565544)
That's a crazy showertought. WH might actually consider it.

After hypothetical successful debt relinquish negotiations, any new US debt would have similar interest rate to Argentinian debt, 30% or so. Wall Street would shrink and London (or Frankfurt) would become new global financial center.

In reality, countries do just as what they do now. They raise counter-tariffs. The US faces coutertariffs from everyone. Other countries only from the US. Trade between countries other increase and they gradually adjust. Europeans start buying less iPhones and buy more Androids made in South Korea. Less Fords more Nissan.

Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by nottorp on Thursday April 03, 2025 @02:41AM (#43565647)
> Europeans start buying less iPhones

I wonder... they're all made in China anyway. And shipped from there directly, not through the US. I'm sure that either the US tariffs won't apply to them, or Apple will shuffle some subsidiaries so they don't.

Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by tonyedgecombe on Thursday April 03, 2025 @04:48AM (#43566767)
Buying goods from American corporations is going to leave a sour taste in the mouth for Europeans now.
Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by nottorp on Thursday April 03, 2025 @06:12AM (#43567416)
Yeah but for smartphones you have two choices, both American.

Don't tell me it matters who makes the hardware, it's the OS that sets the experience.

Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by conceptme on Thursday April 03, 2025 @10:15AM (#43570023)
Samsung and apple?
Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by nottorp on Thursday April 03, 2025 @11:51AM (#43571479)
Apple and google. Read both lines of my post.
Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by dragandj on Thursday April 03, 2025 @06:26AM (#43567511)
Most (if not all) Fords bought in Europe are actually made in Germany (AFAIR).