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normal,
High, bunch of words, fentanyl, bunch of words, China ripping us off, bunch of words.
Same old pattern. Use the phrases and just connect it will a bunch of words.
What did he call it during the campaign, the weave?
Tariffs Catch-All
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normal,
High, bunch of words, fentanyl, bunch of words, China ripping us off, bunch of words.
Same old pattern. Use the phrases and just connect it will a bunch of words.
What did he call it during the campaign, the weave?
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Wonder if Musk is happy with his ROI from trump.
I wonder if he is reflective enough to ever ask, why did I do this? No, probably not.
ChapelHillSooner
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A new twist on buy two get one
DougDaBroadcasta
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I got emails from vendors as well.
One was only going up on Chinese made equipment. That got flipped yesterday--now everything will have a 6.8 percent "maintenance fee". Also found one of the vendors to my company, of which we are the largest supplier of a certain brand of electronics in the USA primarily found in schools, is getting a price increase May 1st, and they'll send us a nice price sheet next week.
Another vendor my office doesn't use often but the other two offices do have a price increase starting May 1st as well.
Good luck everyone. The price increases will slam everyone in the summer bad when it comes to construction.
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If things get as bad as many think it will, he will likely fold like a cheap suit and he and his supporters will find some way to claim that he "won" the trade war with China, even if in the real world it would be considered an embarrassing backtrack and surrender. I'm sure that Fox and Newsmax and OAN and the other usual suspects will all find some ridiculous ways to spin his defeat into yet another victory for Dear Leader.
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This whole time China just sat back quietly and waited for Trump to fold. I wonder if happened more quickly than they expected.
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FLASHBACK APRIL 4:
“China played it wrong, they panicked – the one thing they cannot afford to do!” Trump on Truth Social.
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Elon Musk Warns Rare Earth Magnet Shortage May Delay Tesla’s Robots
China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots.
Elon Musk Warns Rare Earth Magnet Shortage May Delay Tesla’s Robots
China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots.
“… China this month suspended exports to any country of so-called heavy rare earth metals and magnets made from them, as part of its retaliation for President Trump’s increases in tariffs on U.S. imports of Chinese goods. The Chinese government has stopped allowing shipments until it can devise an export license system.
China produces the entire world’s supply of heavy rare earth metals, from ore mined in China and Myanmar, and 90 percent of magnets made with these metals. Japan produces the rest of the magnets, but uses raw materials from China. …”
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You poor little bitch, you helped make this happen. STFU and accept the result of your stupidity. But as a consolation, you don't have to be concerned about trans women playing sports.Elon Musk Warns Rare Earth Magnet Shortage May Delay Tesla’s Robots
China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots.
Elon Musk Warns Rare Earth Magnet Shortage May Delay Tesla’s Robots
China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots.www.nytimes.com
“… China this month suspended exports to any country of so-called heavy rare earth metals and magnets made from them, as part of its retaliation for President Trump’s increases in tariffs on U.S. imports of Chinese goods. The Chinese government has stopped allowing shipments until it can devise an export license system.
China produces the entire world’s supply of heavy rare earth metals, from ore mined in China and Myanmar, and 90 percent of magnets made with these metals. Japan produces the rest of the magnets, but uses raw materials from China. …”
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“… Cars, factory robots, missiles, smart bombs, stealth fighters and many other products also require rare earth magnets made partly with heavy rare earth metals.Elon Musk Warns Rare Earth Magnet Shortage May Delay Tesla’s Robots
China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots.
Elon Musk Warns Rare Earth Magnet Shortage May Delay Tesla’s Robots
China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots.
“… China this month suspended exports to any country of so-called heavy rare earth metals and magnets made from them, as part of its retaliation for President Trump’s increases in tariffs on U.S. imports of Chinese goods. The Chinese government has stopped allowing shipments until it can devise an export license system.
China produces the entire world’s supply of heavy rare earth metals, from ore mined in China and Myanmar, and 90 percent of magnets made with these metals. Japan produces the rest of the magnets, but uses raw materials from China. …”
Yang Jie, an export control lawyer at Huiye, a Shanghai law firm, said that China’s regulations call for the Ministry of Commerce to make decisions on export licenses within 45 working days of the announcement, which was on April 4. The ministry is allowed to take longer if it decides that licenses are relevant to national security. …”
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China has way more experience (and far fewer impediments) than a nascent wannabe dictator like Trump at how to pull authoritarian levers, though Trump is learning quickly.
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“… Factories are now more automated in China than in the United States, Germany or Japan. China has more factory robots for every 10,000 manufacturing workers than any other country except South Korea or Singapore, according to the International Federation of Robotics.
… And as robots replace workers, automation positions China to continue to dominate mass production even as its labor force ages and becomes less willing to take industrial jobs.
… He Liang, founder and chief executive of Yunmu Intelligent Manufacturing, one of China’s top producers of humanoid robots, said China was striving next to turn robotics into an entire new sector of business.
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“The expectation for humanoid robots is to create another electric car industry,” he said. “So from this perspective, it is a national strategy.”
Robots are replacing workers not just in car factories but even in China’s many thousands of back-alley workshops.
Elon Li’s curbside workshop in Guangzhou, the commercial hub of southeastern China, has 11 workers who cut and weld metal to make inexpensive ovens and barbecue equipment.
He is now preparing to pay $40,000 to a Chinese company for a robotic arm with a camera. The device uses artificial intelligence to observe how a worker welds the sides of an oven, and then duplicates the action with minimal human intervention. …”
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The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.” ~Warren Bennis