Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries
by magicreadu on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @04:14PM
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The reason they have reduced all tariffs back down to 10% even for the countries that were obviously transshipping (Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia) is that they need time to negotiate with those countries, to make sure these countries now put similarly high tariffs (100%+) on China, so that transshipping is reduced to nothing
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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries
by matt-p on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @04:34PM
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Wouldn't it be smarter to do that before increasing the tarriff to 125%? That doesn't make sense to me either..
Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries
by junto on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @04:56PM
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The user you’re replying to is a brand new account with MAGA written all over them.
Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries
by timeon on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @06:47PM
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There are many people supporting MAGA here (who have their own goals) but seeing true believer, with naive takes, is not that common.
Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries
by bitshiftfaced on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @04:52PM
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If Trump did not counter China's retaliation, then that would've significantly weakened the US's position with every other country.
Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries
by bdangubic on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @04:56PM
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If China doesn’t counter whatever the F we “counter” that would significantly weaken its position with every other country… and the wheel turns with this line of thinking…
except of course Trump brought a knife to a gunfight :)
Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries
by bitshiftfaced on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @05:49PM
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Only, China isn't actively negotiating tariffs with every other country right now, so whether they retaliate won't impact their situation the same as it does from the US's point of view.