Trump​ ❤️ Tariffs

[US Egg]

33 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

 

[Big Blitz]

Oh

 

 

[Roundybout]

16 hours ago, Big Blitz said:

Oh

 

 

What happened to AMERICA FIRST NO MORE CHINA

 

 

Did Trump give up already?

[JDHillFan]

2 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

What happened to AMERICA FIRST NO MORE CHINA

 

 

Did Trump give up already?

 

On 2/11/2025 at 3:01 PM, Roundybout said:

BUT WHAT ABOUT BUT WHAT ABOUT BUT WHAT ABOUT BUT WHAT ABOUT

 

On 2/11/2025 at 10:29 AM, Roundybout said:

BUT WHAT ABOUT BUT WHAT ABOUT BUT WHAT ABOUT BUT WHAT ABOUT 

 

DEFLECT DEFLECT DEFLECT

 

On 1/14/2025 at 12:36 PM, Roundybout said:

BUT WHAT ABOUT BUT WHAT ABOUT BUT WHAT ABOUT BUT WHAT ABOUT BUT WHAT ABOUT

 

 

[Roundybout]

28 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:

 

 

 

 

Huh? Trumps entire thing has been decoupling from China through tariffs. Now he’s giving up. 

[All_Pro_Bills]

5 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

Huh? Trumps entire thing has been decoupling from China through tariffs. Now he’s giving up. 

It's what people in the business call "negotiating".

[Doc]

7 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

Huh? Trumps entire thing has been decoupling from China through tariffs. Now he’s giving up. 

 

No, the main purpose was reducing tariffs on their end.  If this does that, great.  But we can still decouple from them, and should.

[Roundybout]

3 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

No, the main purpose was reducing tariffs on their end.  If this does that, great.  But we can still decouple from them, and should.

I’ve not seen any indication from Trump that he wants to build trade relationships with nations outside of China. He wants to build everything here.

[JDHillFan]

9 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

I’ve not seen any indication from Trump that he wants to build trade relationships with nations outside of China. He wants to build everything here.

Then you are  clearly not paying attention. There’s been all kinds of news reports about negotiations with India. How could you have missed it?

[Roundybout]

6 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:

Then you are  clearly not paying attention. There’s been all kinds of news reports about negotiations with India. How could you have missed it?

Where is the deal? I saw they announced a meeting about a meeting to discuss the framework of a deal. 

[Doc]

21 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

Where is the deal? I saw they announced a meeting about a meeting to discuss the framework of a deal. 

 

Patience.  You were satisfied with the glacial pace of the Biden Admin but here everything has to be done immediately.  

Edited 7 hours ago by Doc

[Big Blitz]

 

 

 

 

[Big Blitz]

 

[JDHillFan]

10 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

Where is the deal? I saw they announced a meeting about a meeting to discuss the framework of a deal. 

Here’s what you said:

 

28 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

I’ve not seen any indication from Trump that he wants to build trade relationships with nations outside of China. He wants to build everything here.

There are indications all over the place. You apparently meant something other than what you said. 

[US Egg]

Hopefully it’s the “start of the deal” minus rhetoric and bluster.
 

China smartly didn’t make it a cause to whip up national fervor.

[Big Blitz]

 

What might the consequences have been had Biden simply enforced what had already been signed? Let us consider the counterfactual.
 

Had China fulfilled its obligations, US manufacturing firms would have seen a surge in demand. American farmers, already battered by the pandemic and inflation, would have sold tens of billions more in produce. Energy exports, particularly in natural gas and oil, would have grown substantially. Financial giants like JPMorgan Chase and MetLife, once poised to enter the Chinese market under the agreement, were stalled.

 

And the tax revenue? According to projections from the Peterson Institute for International Economics, full Chinese compliance with Phase One would have injected between $300 to $400 billion in direct US economic activity, which, when multiplied across sectors, could conservatively yield over $4 trillion in aggregate GDP gains over four years. Not only would this have bolstered federal revenues, it would have mitigated the post-COVID economic drag that haunted much of Biden's first term….

[Roundybout]

1 hour ago, Big Blitz said:

 

So instead of inserting a lit pipe bomb in our ass, we’re merely shooting our foot off with a Remington 12-gauge 

[Motorin']

2 hours ago, Doc said:

 

No, the main purpose was reducing tariffs on their end.  If this does that, great.  But we can still decouple from them, and should.

 

That's the five year plan of creating a deep partnership with India, while drawing in investment around the globe to build in America. 

 

Shifting out of dependency on China to a mutually beneficial partnership with India, with the guiding vision being a sustainable and owned supply chain.

 

 

[Pokebball]

2 hours ago, Roundybout said:

Where is the deal? I saw they announced a meeting about a meeting to discuss the framework of a deal. 

LOL Biden was working for 4yrs on a trade deal with the UK! Nadda, nothing

[The Frankish Reich]

Well, we knew the game of chicken part of this would end with Trump (particularly) backing down. Good.

But 30 percent is still outrageous.

Paul Krugman's headline sums it up:

 

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/when-an-arsonist-poses-as-a-firefighter