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Apple Watch, AirPods, and Other Apple Goods to Be Exempt From China Tariffs
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Interesting and fairly reasonable decisions have been made. Of course what we don't know can still hurt us, but this is certainty worth inquiry. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the tariff argument is a bluff. It's all about leveraging against China, not about actually hurting them.
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I'm no fan of the administration but these tariffs are effective, if heavy-handed and seemingly obtuse, negotiation tactics. I'm not saying I agree with them or the method but there is method to the apparent madness.
Kind of a "no sh**, Sherlock" situation, given the U.S. has no capability to build these products. There's not even a single OLED plant in the country. How the heck is Apple supposed to comply?
It would be like placing tariffs on McDonald's unless they agreed to make burgers out of unicorns instead of beef.
It would be like placing tariffs on McDonald's unless they agreed to make burgers out of unicorns instead of beef.
Interesting...what happened behind closed doors to make this happen?
Given that Tim’s meetings with Don Corleone were dinner I’d bet Tim had to eat a Big Mac and Fries to get a deal.
The best thing that Apple released last week was the Apple Watch. The iPhone updates are great but not revolutionary; no need to indulge there.
I am just about the age group that will benefit from the advanced Electro Cardiogram function, the purchase will be right. Wonder why the younger age groups will need the Apple Watch 4, other than as bling?
Do not care about this tariff exemption for the Apple products - if they can funnel my cash into the Corn-Ethanol scam, and rescue the mega-rich farming conglomerates to offset the crisis created by the administration, they don't need my tax money from Apple or any product.
Give a $1000 tax credit and make the living expenses go up by $2000 to $5000/year - nice con by Drumpf and the Conservatives.
I am just about the age group that will benefit from the advanced Electro Cardiogram function, the purchase will be right. Wonder why the younger age groups will need the Apple Watch 4, other than as bling?
Do not care about this tariff exemption for the Apple products - if they can funnel my cash into the Corn-Ethanol scam, and rescue the mega-rich farming conglomerates to offset the crisis created by the administration, they don't need my tax money from Apple or any product.
Give a $1000 tax credit and make the living expenses go up by $2000 to $5000/year - nice con by Drumpf and the Conservatives.
Hogwash. Protectionism stopped being a left-right issue nearly two decades ago. Everyone embraces free trade now...except for when it doesn’t suit them financially or politically.
Obama was vilified by Republicans when loans to Solyndra were in effect 'picking winners and losers'. Today, they don't seem to have that issue.
No, there are no tariffs on iPhone. Because it's based on the same logic as this exemption. The U.S. has no capability to make even basic components like the aluminum enclosures.
Apple sells over 200 million iPhones per year. That's literally 600,000 aluminum enclosures every 24 hours. No domestic supplier can even come close to that capacity or have the CNC equipment.
Trump knows his billionaire buddies are heavily invest in AAPL and other residents of mutual funds... he can't mess with their portfolios.
Nothing like market essential consumer products to be freed from levies./s
[Apple showing lobbying dollars at its best.]
[Apple showing lobbying dollars at its best.]
What nonsensical BS!
Protectionism and Conservatism define each other and neither are definitely not broad-minded/progressive.
Import only tea and silk from China - things they make that we can never.
Interesting...what happened behind closed doors to make this happen?
Water sports like swimming and such?... We know Tim Cook will probably have to make a donation to Trump Foundation.
Looks like the rate is going to be 10% for the $200 billion tariff tranche instead of the 25% they talked about originally....a big difference. Cook got it done, this was going to be in place for the Series 4 arrival.
The $262 billion follow on tariff, talked to arrive with November for all smartphones (about when the Xr lands - that last week of October), originally talked about as 25% (but we'll see now) is the next one.
The $262 billion follow on tariff, talked to arrive with November for all smartphones (about when the Xr lands - that last week of October), originally talked about as 25% (but we'll see now) is the next one.
The modern Republican party is Trump's protectionist party now. Free-market neoliberalism is now in the domain of modern Democrats. Democrats even rejected Bernie Sanders protectionism.
It's why working-class whites voted for Trump, because of his protectionism.
So then the $70 price increase on the Series 4 was not due to tariffs but due to Apple's greed?
Checked the price of gasoline since 2017 January?
The price for such an elite system with the advanced ECG system and bigger face is worth the increase - though I'd prefer that Apple reduced the price of the watches by about $150 across the board.
Waiting for an October surprise.
I support the tariffs against China. If American consumers aren't willing to pay a little extra to distance themselves from cheap Chinese slave labor while China continues to economically cheat, steal American intellectual property, and steal American technology, then they deserve to lose their place in the world.
A lot of people don't realize it, but China is at war with the west and wants to surpass the United States by any means possible. They are patient and methodical. A world where China is the most powerful country in the world has profound implications on digital freedom and privacy and human rights in general. In Xinjiang China is putting hundreds of thousands of minorities in concentration camps.
A lot of people don't realize it, but China is at war with the west and wants to surpass the United States by any means possible. They are patient and methodical. A world where China is the most powerful country in the world has profound implications on digital freedom and privacy and human rights in general. In Xinjiang China is putting hundreds of thousands of minorities in concentration camps.
Yes, that's exactly how I read this. Sounds like some compromise where Trump throws Apple a bone on their new low cost junk and the real meat of their product line is tariffed.
