Y’all think this will stop in four years? Hell no. His successor in office will do the same thing. MAGA is the new GOP and will continue the same policies. A non-GOP congress can help stop it, that’s the only hope.
Everyone seems to forget that the whole point of instituting tariffs is that they're RECIPROCOL.
The goal is to get everyone to say, "hey let's just do 0% and let free trade work"
Don't tell AGW-deniers that the per capita CO2 emissions in the PRC are still much less than in the US.Don't tell the environmentalists that China creates 30% of the CO2 emissions contributing to global warming.
Except it is not in this case. Trump is pretty clearly doing this for Trump has his buddies.Everyone seems to forget that the whole point of instituting tariffs is that they're RECIPROCOL.
If built in the US, Apple would still pay import taxes on all foreign components.Well there is that
And plus for it to possibly come back to Europe or America you would need the workers so they can build to scale for example I believe Apple sell about 250 million iPhones a year worldwide & 95% are made in china
There is no way on earth that amount could get made in the US without machines doing it.
That is why it’s not about building Apple products in the USAIf built in the US, Apple would still pay import taxes on all foreign components
Apple has as good idea of the mix of builds. They likely built a bunch of "custom" configs ahead of time and included them in the shipments. Probably the only models that are going to be scarce are the really high end models.If you order any custom config Mac, it’s still coming direct from Shanghai.
Apple will probably raises prices very soon at least on Macs. Can’t sustain 104% for long.
BECAUSE THEY MAKE ALL OUR STUFF!!!!!Don't tell the environmentalists that China creates 30% of the CO2 emissions contributing to global warming.
Mathematically, this what happens when you have millions of people that live in squalor.Don't tell AGW-deniers that the per capita CO2 emissions in the PRC are still much less than in the US.
The EU proposed exactly that to the US (“zero-for-zero”), already in February and again after the tariff announcements, but Trump rejected it. He wants the EU to commit to buy an amount of US goods that would remove the trade deficit. Trump doesn’t seem to be interested in free trade here, instead he wants artificially forced “reciprocal” trade volumes. So much for reducing government interference.The goal is to get everyone to say, "hey let's just do 0% and let free trade work"
exactly, the whole reciprocal thing is utter nonsense. Let's start calculating all the digital services exports the US is exporting to the EU without paying any taxes for all the data they are gathering on our citizens etc.. the trade ballance will quickly look a lot different. But this has all nothing to do with data or logig it's pure Gaga(sorry Maga) ideology.The EU proposed exactly that to the US (“zero-for-zero”), already in February and again after the tariff announcements, but Trump rejected it. He wants the EU to commit to buy an amount of US goods that would remove the trade deficit. Trump doesn’t seem to be interested in free trade here, instead he wants artificially forced “reciprocal” trade volumes. So much for reducing government interference.
In the case of cars, it's more of a "don't want" as they are unsuited to European driving conditions....
It’s about exporting American products that countries refuse to accept
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you are correct about the carsIn the case of cars, it's more of a "don't want" as they are unsuited to European driving conditions.
As regards foodstuffs, well, there are some known safety issues with some ingredients in use in the US, so if these ingredients weren't banned, I don't think that many people would still want them. Food culture in Europe is different from the US.
Europeans love American Brands - Apple, Microsoft, Nike etc, and buy it by the tonne. Unfortunately for America, most of that US branded stuff that Europeans buy isn't actually made in America.
His companies went bankrupt 6 times. CEOs get fired and never rehired anywhere after making any company bankrupt even once. Now ask yourself. Should anyone trust a person who went bankrupt 6 times? We have taco shops that don't go bankrupt.Its like Trump is angry , wants to hurt USA or he is not that business man who many believed
But why should we accept foodstuffs that we believe are unsafe?you are correct about the cars
However these tariffs would mainly all be dropped if countries accepted American food because then they could sell at a price point that would undercut the competition & people would buy it
So then that helps there export business increase.
He clearly hates America. His actions attest to that. Either that, or he's the dumbest brick in the pile. Or both.Its like Trump is angry , wants to hurt USA or he is not that business man who many believed
Tariffs are based on the wholesale price of the good rather than the retail price. Given Apple's markups, they can absorb the tariffs easily by limiting the number of base model units coming into the US and shift their focus to selling higher end models. Given the actual cost of the upgrades vs Apple's markups, Apple can maintain the majority of their margins even with massive tariffs simply by shifting the models they push. I would not be surprised of the astronomical markups have remained in place strategically in case something like this happened.Those are very few in number. Most sold are base models, so Apple can absorb a bit on custom configurations.