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Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Re: Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Post by buzzerbetrayed »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #13

Seems a bit anti-business to have an unequal playing field just for the star-bellied sneetches. Also silly that those with the biggest piles of capital are getting exemptions when the whole purpose of this exercise is to spur local investment in manufacturing. If anything, small businesses below some threshold of revenue/staff should be getting exemptions.

Companies aren’t getting exemptions. The product categories are. The headline is misleading. And while you might already be aware of that, most the people responding to you clearly aren’t.

Re: Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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croes wrote: post #14
kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #13

Seems a bit anti-business to have an unequal playing field just for the star-bellied sneetches. Also silly that those with the biggest piles of capital are getting exemptions when the whole purpose of this exercise is to spur local investment in manufacturing. If anything, small businesses below some threshold of revenue/staff should be getting exemptions.

That’s how oligarchies work.

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Re: Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Post by vasco »

FranzFerdiNaN wrote: post #25
kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #13

Seems a bit anti-business to have an unequal playing field just for the star-bellied sneetches. Also silly that those with the biggest piles of capital are getting exemptions when the whole purpose of this exercise is to spur local investment in manufacturing. If anything, small businesses below some threshold of revenue/staff should be getting exemptions.

America has finally become the banana republic it has accused others of being.

That's a funny way of looking at it because the banana republics weren't called that because they were "bananas" or something. They were called that to identify which of those countries had had state and megacorp interference and government toplings, by mostly the United Fruit Company - an American company.

Whatever the banana republics were they were turned into that by the US's doing, so it's funny that now the term comes back home.

Re: Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Post by atkailash »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #13

Seems a bit anti-business to have an unequal playing field just for the star-bellied sneetches. Also silly that those with the biggest piles of capital are getting exemptions when the whole purpose of this exercise is to spur local investment in manufacturing. If anything, small businesses below some threshold of revenue/staff should be getting exemptions.

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Re: Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Post by ArinaS »

cinbun8 wrote: post #30

From an outsider’s perspective, it’s difficult to discern any coherent U.S. strategy—assuming one even exists. One day it’s a 145% tariff on China. The next, it’s “Well, it’s still 145%, but Apple and Nvidia are exempted because their stock prices might take a hit.” Then comes a 90-day pause, adding to the confusion. It’s not clear whether Jamieson Greer is actually steering this, or if any of it was thoroughly thoug…

> "assuming one even exists"

I actually doubt it does. Everyting is just too chaotic to be a strategy.

Re: Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Post by whalesalad »

cinbun8 wrote: post #30

From an outsider’s perspective, it’s difficult to discern any coherent U.S. strategy—assuming one even exists. One day it’s a 145% tariff on China. The next, it’s “Well, it’s still 145%, but Apple and Nvidia are exempted because their stock prices might take a hit.” Then comes a 90-day pause, adding to the confusion. It’s not clear whether Jamieson Greer is actually steering this, or if any of it was thoroughly thoug…

chaos is the strategy

Re: Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

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Post by rqtwteye »

buzzerbetrayed wrote: post #31
kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #13

Seems a bit anti-business to have an unequal playing field just for the star-bellied sneetches. Also silly that those with the biggest piles of capital are getting exemptions when the whole purpose of this exercise is to spur local investment in manufacturing. If anything, small businesses below some threshold of revenue/staff should be getting exemptions.

Companies aren’t getting exemptions. The product categories are. The headline is misleading. And while you might already be aware of that, most the people responding to you clearly aren’t.

The result is still that certain companies are getting exemptions for their products while others aren't. And there is no real rhyme or reason behind these decisions
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