His cards say.... I will reciprocate whatever that country is doing to us. It's just fair trade.
Short vs long term. Not every corporation has gone there. Apple is a good recent example of a company that hasn't fully left China but used to be pretty much exclusively in China.
The solution is simply engage in proper free trade or be tariffed with fair trade. There's no pretend to be free but exploit the United States under Trump.
Then those Americans will be weighing the additional price vs potential return.
I myself own exclusively Toyotas and Fords. My commuter is a Toyota because lots of trouble free miles on them is worth the extra cost and they cost more even without tariffs.
My wife's car is a Ford. She drives far fewer miles and demand much higher trim levels. I know the lower cost of the Ford vs the Toyota at the same trim level could be eaten up in repairs but it's worth the gamble there.
I'm sure many families weigh and apply their own factors and will in the future as well.
1. No it’s not really . Because there is so much more that’s done by governments .
So “ we put a tariff on Canada because Canada puts a tariff on us ( let’s say us corn)
Except the us government highly subsidizes corn so it can outcompete other countries that don’t subsidize as much .
So it’s more complicated than just tariffs.
2. Second, the tariff really hurts american consumers who pay it. Canada and china aren’t paying the tariff. The consumer is.
And in the case of china? Their prices are already lower than any us manufacturer could produce it. Which is why the us doesn’t have that manufacturing.
So what’s going to happen? Four years of you paying more for goods.
No real change in manufacturing because the costs to manufacture are still high in the us ,
Now you might say “ but but it will even out in the us market”. Well maybe so. For 4 years maybe. But any manufacturing done in the us will not be able to compete on the world market where there are no tariffs.
3. Apple moving out of china and toward India has to do with the harshness of the Chinese covid lockdowns and protests over bad working conditions.
Apple saw the issue with having so many of there manufacturing eggs in one basket.
4, when we are the worlds reserve currency, when we are the largest and strongest economy in the world, it’s pretty laughable thinking that other countries are “ exploiting the us”.
It makes great talking points while you are paying more for goods in the us thinking you are “ sticking it to other countries”. When all you are doing is paying more than you would.
5. Exactly. So the us citizen will pay more for cars for the next few years while nothing in manufacturing changes.
