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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by vkou on Thursday April 03, 2025 @04:49AM (#43566775)
Unemployment is at 4%, there's no reserve army of labor that can be mobilized to make flashlights and sew t-shirts for $3/hr.

Anyways, I hope you're looking foward to prices for everything going up.

Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by amanaplanacanal on Thursday April 03, 2025 @06:32AM (#43567560)
The folks who voted because of the price of eggs are not going to be happy. And midterm elections are next year.
Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by ceejayoz on Thursday April 03, 2025 @08:34AM (#43568712)
They didn’t really care about egg prices.
Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by pcdoodle on Thursday April 03, 2025 @06:00AM (#43567324)
Could be a thing? Perhaps people might start caring about product durability and stop buying cheap shit that goes in a landfill because the producers only care about shelf appeal.
Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by 42772827 on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:14AM (#43567932)
This is my hope, too. But also I fear the transition is going to be ugly. Personally I feel lucky that I’m not just starting out my life — I already have high quality stuff.
Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by tnolet on Thursday April 03, 2025 @06:14AM (#43567431)
But then we can promote immigration from poorer neighbouring countries to pick up the work. Oh wait...