Six Months into Tariffs, Businesses Have No Idea How to Price Anything

Re:Six Months into Tariffs, Businesses Have No Idea How to P... by decimalenough on Sunday August 31, 2025 @01:06AM (#45080517)

We're on the same side of the argument here? Obviously that 3% is not going to go down to 0%, which means that the US has even less leverage against the Chinese than it looks.

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Re:Six Months into Tariffs, Businesses Have No Idea How to P... by bruce511 on Sunday August 31, 2025 @02:12AM (#45080784)

I agree. Plus, as alternate markets are developed, so that leverage drops even more.

The US has made friends with a lot of countries based on the goodwill generated by strong trade ties. That goodwill is being eroded in the short term, and will linger as a reputation for "unreliability". 80 years of work is being undone in months.

And unfortunately it won't be as simple as "in 4 years we can go back to normal ". It's obvious that congress supports this, and the American people voted for it, so it's not just one man's policy.

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