A fair deal, for the richest most powerful country on the planet? Give me a break.
People just lap up this utter nonsense.
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Anker Raises Prices on Amazon Due to Tariffs
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A fair deal, for the richest most powerful country on the planet? Give me a break.
People just lap up this utter nonsense.
So now, by not buying their stuff, I am saving even more! 😀
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it would be ok if it's a 10% across the board. Tell all the countries sorry there's nothing personal, and making it a law to use that tariff income to cultivate manufacturing in the US. Democrats would be happy to vote for that.
This "you all owe us something, now come kiss Trump's ass" tariff is just going to piss everybody off.
IMHO if you want to subsidize your local economy using other forms of taxation like income tax would be arguably better as they can be made more progressive.
I see very few people in the US being in favour of an increase of income tax while they seem far more on board with tariffs which ultimately would be likely to siphon far more money from them than a higher income tax would.
IMHO tariffs don't receive the same hostility as traditional forms of taxation because some don't recognize that they effectively are a form of taxation too and don't realize how much money they would ultimately cost them.
But some parts are made in other parts of the world as well as in China.
All the people who voted for Trump to lower prices and “fix” the economy would feel really dumb right now if they weren’t completely brainwashed.
Interesting that four Anker items I bought over the last year are still the price I bought them for.
A year ago in April, I bought two Anker Powerhouse 757 for about $600 each and they are still that price with the included coupon on Amazon.
I also bought two Anker Solix 300 and they are still $159 with included coupon on Amazon.
A year ago in April, I bought two Anker Powerhouse 757 for about $600 each and they are still that price with the included coupon on Amazon.
I also bought two Anker Solix 300 and they are still $159 with included coupon on Amazon.
Except they don’t have nearly enough manufacturing capacity in those countries. And you don’t just spin it up over night. It will take years and nobody will invest the money to do it with all of the instability the orange moron has created.
If we believe that free trade has somehow screwed the American worker and/or the American manufacturing base, a '0% tariff on both sides' deal is not what you're aiming. This would likely result in even more free trade than we already have, making it easier to manufacture abroad and import more stuff. If a deal like this is someone's definition of "fair trade", then getting more manufacturing back to the USA was never their goal.
I've heard a few people say that if these tariffs result in the USA getting better trade deals, then that's a win. I would think that a better trade deal means an increase in trade for both sides, meaning freer trade. It seems absurd to me that such an extremely disruptive, risky and scorched earth approach was all so that the USA can have a few new trade deal to get freer trade.
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Junk producer can't afford to keep on making junk. And nothing of value was lost.
Sixth gen stealth fighters are from Chengdu. Anker is from Shenzhen.
You get what you vote for 
Next time maybe vote with your brain, ok?
Next time maybe vote with your brain, ok?
And a lot of those farmers lost their family farms! Meaning not only loss of income, but of their homes (often generational homes and lands which had been in the family for a century or more). There were also a lot of suicides (mostly the men, head of household) — after they were foreclosed due to unsold, spoiled product with nowhere to go. And who bought up those firesale foreclosure properties? Large corporations and investors. Now Trump is setting up more US businesses to fail, and for people to lose their homes, livelihoods, and maybe their lives due to despair.
But isn’t tariff supposed to convince domestic production to ramp up its local capacity? Or the tech to build small electronics don’t exist in US today?
If USA thinks china is doing something unfair, the world trade organisation has a dispute resolution process.
Being friendly varies. It would be such as Make Vietnam Great Again, Make India Great Again, and similar sentiments. Those nations were indeed great centuries ago. In particular, Vietnam has not forgotten.
What is the most recent US-made item you purchased, apart from food, that did not contain any components manufactured in another country?
20% VAT is standard in the UK on everything. It's not uniquely applied to US goods! Trump likes to pretend otherwise. Strangely, we believe the state can do some useful things for us in the UK like providing healthcare free at source. This is where taxes go and most of us are happy with that.
Well inflation is on the decline. Factually. So I’d say we’re on the right path. Americans can survive by either abstaining from or spending a little more on anker products while posturing against China who has been ripping us off since forever.Is America winning yet?
Egg prices? Cheaper. Gas cheaper. Interest rates, heading down. Companies have invested hundreds and hundreds of billions in our future, more in two months than bidens entire term. The stock market will rebound. It always does. It’s volatile and reacting to china tarrifs. This was expected. This is something every president knew needed to be done, but would never be able to absorb the blow like Trump. The only thing that makes life terrible right now is the far left and legacy/social media having absolute meltdowns about everything everyday. Aside from that, things are looking up. Some of this has to happen. China has to posture to show its people it’s not weak, but we are their core consumer base. They need us. People seem to think they don’t, but they do.
To my knowledge, there aren't any products like that made in the USA. It's possible there aren't any made in North America. Tariffs wouldn't solve that problem anytime soon. Also, they'd have to make it cheaply enough to compete in North America, which would be extremely difficult if not impossible.
Outside of Asia, I don't think there is any large manufacturing presence in any other region for small electronics products and accessories like what Anker produces. 🤔 I think you'll find some products manufactured in other places but nowhere near the same scale.