White House announces 25 percent tariff on Chinese tech goods

Post by emilfihlman » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 6:50 PM UTC

Washuu wrote: post #56

rgbrenner wrote: post #49

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You can't use the "Made in the USA" label like that anyway. It must be all or virtually all made in the USA. At best you could label it "Made in USA from Imported Parts" or "Assembled in USA." https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/com...

My intention was that the casing and PCBs would be made in the USA. The only China sourced parts would be the PCB components.(Not finalized/assembled PCBs.) As far as I know that would qualify for "Made in the USA".

Post by nodesocket » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 6:53 PM UTC

Washuu wrote: post #33

kayfox wrote: post #21

So, to encourage manufacturers in the US to build more stuff in the US, they will increase tariffs on components so that it will cost even more to build something in the US than to build it in China. Good plan, hello Canada!

I am in the middle of starting a business around a product that will get slammed by this. I was going to import the components and have the boards built here.("Made in the USA" labels are huge for my target market.) Assuming I am parsing all of this correctly it will end up being better for me to have the PCBs assembled into the products in China and not create jobs in the USA.

Post by atomi » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 7:00 PM UTC

YesThatTom2 wrote: post #107

luma wrote: post #28

I guess my earlier comment was too long, so let me provide a shorter version: this action actively harms anyone attempting to design, prototype, and manufacture electronic devices in the US. There isn't a single component in the projects I'm currently working on which isn't impacted by this. My cost of goods just went up by 25% across the board today in an effort to help "protect" American businesses. I don't feel li…

NO!! Don't you understand?? Yes, we'll suffer for 50 years, BUT in that time the supply chain will be created in the U.S. and our grandkids and their children will be able to benefit from having all that industry in the U.S. instead of China. And if I'm wrong, I won't be alive to be able to say I'm sorry to my grandkids who are now living in a barren wasteland. The best solutions are the ones you won't be around to s…

Post by pjc50 » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 7:02 PM UTC

EpicEng wrote: post #52

anon23423532 wrote: post #48

It's punishment for stealing hundreds of billions of dollars of IP, illegally subsidizing businesses to steal market share, and general national security by not outsourcing knowledge and infrastructure critical to national security to save a few bucks. It's easy to let someone push you back inch by inch instead of fighting back, but eventually you're on the edge of a cliff and have nowhere else to go. I'd take short…

I don't know why you're being downvoted; China absolutely does all of those things. They are not playing fair in the global market and never have. One can debate whether or not the tariff is the right approach, but let's not pretend that China is a victim.

Post by atomi » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 7:03 PM UTC

nodesocket wrote: post #110

sremani wrote: post #65

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I think he wanted to highlight the bi-partisan support for the action.

Thank you, I'm glad you were able to deconstruct the sentences critically instead of emotionally triggering.