Tariffs Catch-All

  • Thread starter Thread starter BubbaOtis
  • Start date Start date
  • Replies: 4K
  • Views: 136K
  • Politics 

China Quietly Exempts Some U.S.-Made Products From Tariffs​

Beijing has been canvassing companies and waiving duties on U.S. goods in sectors where it lacks alternatives​


“… Chinese authorities have told some importers of American goods that they would waive the most recent 125% increases in tariff rates for certain U.S. imports. Those products include certain semiconductors and chipmaking equipment, medical products and aviation parts, the people said.

The carve-outs highlight points of vulnerability for China’s economy. Many Chinese industries, particularly in advanced technology, aerospace and pharmaceuticals, remain reliant on American-made inputs.

The Trump administration, similarly, announced exemptions on its “reciprocal tariffs” for China-made smartphones, laptops and other electronics earlier this month, a recognition of the U.S.’s reliance on China for such goods.

… Two semiconductor traders said Chinese customs had lifted tariffs on eight categories of U.S.-made chips, including central-processing units, starting on April 24. Chinese authorities haven’t removed tariffs on U.S. memory chips, they said.

Many chip products developed by Intel and Texas Instruments are exempt from the tariffs, while some U.S.-made products of memory-chip maker Micron Technologywill continue to be subject to the duties, they said. …”
 
nycfan said:
Click to expand...

Trump is a narcissist who is drunk on power. The 10% swings he caused by raising/lowering tariffs is like crack for someone with Trump’s pathology.

That is why I think the seesaw is not over. Trump can’t give up that power. And the longer this goes on the more damage it will do.

He will push us to the brink more times. One time he may accidentally push us over.

Just my opinion and I could be completely wrong.
 
mpaer said:
And the biggest one in NC is owned by Chiner Do they get a check?
Click to expand...
You may want to check again 140k hogs(sows) were bought from China by folks out of Rose Hill and they are NOT the wine folks.
China still owns the processing plant(s) but they want out of live swine production
 
waynecountywolf said:
You may want to check again 140k hogs(sows) were bought from China by folks out of Rose Hill and they are NOT the wine folks.
China still owns the processing plant(s) but they want out of live swine production
Click to expand...
Help me out here. Are you saying that Americans should be doing the shitty (literally) jobs that China doesn't want? Is that what winning looks like? They're making next generation electric vehicles and AI software and we're cleaning up pig shit by the millions of gallons?

That strikes me as a bad turn for the US economy. I liked it better when our economy was built on high technology and not mass factory farming, which is a low-margin industry that makes nobody well off.
 
superrific said:
Help me out here. Are you saying that Americans should be doing the shitty (literally) jobs that China doesn't want? Is that what winning looks like? They're making next generation electric vehicles and AI software and we're cleaning up pig shit by the millions of gallons?

That strikes me as a bad turn for the US economy. I liked it better when our economy was built on high technology and not mass factory farming, which is a low-margin industry that makes nobody well off.
Click to expand...
I agree with you.

Hog-farming with “little-to-no” regulation or environmental oversight certainly made at least one North Carolinian wealthy - Wendell “Boss Hog” Murphy.

And, before our Trumplican ball-carriers chime in, I know Murphy was a Democratic member of the NC House and then Senate from Eastern North Carolina in the 1980’s. Damn near ALL NC House and Senate members from Eastern North Carolina were Democrats in the late ‘70’s and early-to-mid-to late ‘80’s.

They’re now hard-right Trumplicans.
 
superrific said:
Help me out here. Are you saying that Americans should be doing the shitty (literally) jobs that China doesn't want? Is that what winning looks like? They're making next generation electric vehicles and AI software and we're cleaning up pig shit by the millions of gallons?

That strikes me as a bad turn for the US economy. I liked it better when our economy was built on high technology and not mass factory farming, which is a low-margin industry that makes nobody well off.
Click to expand...
No just stating the facts that China no longer owns that part of the industry. I had rather have our food produced here rather than being imported. China is building skyscraper hi rise buildings to house their swine- will never work (biosecurity).
I am sure Robeson County would rather have their manufacturing jobs (Converse Alamac, Outer Banks Knitting- are those shitty jobs??) instead of what they have now ( a hope for a casino one day?). I am not afraid to pay $1800 for a TV .
China has nothing on us but cheap labor and a few more engineers because we gave away all our manufacturing.
Everyone cannot become a doctor, lawyer or AI expert even though we thought so a few decades ago.
Rocky Mount probably dumps more feces that a local pig farmer.
 
waynecountywolf said:
No just stating the facts that China no longer owns that part of the industry. I had rather have our food produced here rather than being imported. China is building skyscraper hi rise buildings to house their swine- will never work (biosecurity).
I am sure Robeson County would rather have their manufacturing jobs (Converse Alamac, Outer Banks Knitting- are those shitty jobs??) instead of what they have now ( a hope for a casino one day?). I am not afraid to pay $1800 for a TV .
China has nothing on us but cheap labor and a few more engineers because we gave away all our manufacturing.
Everyone cannot become a doctor, lawyer or AI expert even though we thought so a few decades ago.
Rocky Mount probably dumps more feces that a local pig farmer.
Click to expand...
No indeed. State college graduates need work too.
 
IMG_6728.jpeg

So backing down on tariffs is not a Sunday agenda item, I guess(?)
 


I can’t decide whether it’s just that Bessent lacks speaking/PR skills or he is struggling to make up excuses for Trump and his changing claims and policies.
 
nycfan said:


I can’t decide whether it’s just that Bessent lacks speaking/PR skills or he is struggling to make up excuses for Trump and his changing claims and policies.
Click to expand...

Trump 1.0 was awful and still a shitshow, but at least he did have some competent (or non-insane) people (Kelly, Mnuchin, Haley, etc.) around who, at least in private, were either willing to stand up to him occasionally or just ignore his orders and run their agency or department without causing too much damage. That's not to say that these people were ethical or decent or not hard-right or didn't hurt people in their jobs, but they at least had some knowledge of what they were doing and were competent enough to hold their jobs. Trump clearly resented most of these people (like Kelly) and in his second term was determined to appoint nothing but blind loyalists and lackeys who would do only his bidding, and whether they were competent or just sane has not been a consideration.

So now in Trump 2.0 he is surrounded by nothing but sycophants and ass-kissers and loons who only real job is to blow smoke up Trump's ass at cabinet meetings and tell him how great he is all the time and aggressively defend him in public at every opportunity, as they know that Trump carefully watches them on television and social media. It's likely how Hegseth has survived this long - he's been very aggressive in trolling liberals and denying any wrongdoing. Trump knows that Hegseth will do whatever Trump wants without hesitating, no matter how odious or unconstitutional or just crazy it is. It's a mob boss mentality taken into the Oval Office, except that even mob bosses expect some competency from their lackeys, which Trump doesn't. Bessent (and even more Navarro) fit his pattern perfectly.
 
nltimes.nl

Dutch people booking far fewer holiday trips to the United States

People based in the Netherlands booked far fewer holidays to the United States last month. Vacation reservations to the U.S. fell by 30 percent last month compared to March 2024, according to the monitoring service from travel agent association ANVR and market research firm NielsenIQ.
nltimes.nl nltimes.nl

Dutch people booking far fewer holiday trips to the United States​


People based in the Netherlands booked far fewer holidays to the United States last month. Vacation reservations to the U.S. fell by 30 percent last month compared to March 2024, according to the monitoring service from travel agent association ANVR and market research firm NielsenIQ.

Last week, the International Trade Administration reported that fewer foreign travellers flew to the U.S. in March. This is because a growing number of people are put off by policies from President Donald Trump’s administration since his return to the White House in January, the American government office said.

This effect now also seems to be apparent in the Netherlands. “This decline occurred in all regions within the US. Canada also saw a similar percentage decline in bookings, but this can be better explained by a one-time peak in bookings in March 2024,” said ANVR representative Walter Schut.
 
Mazda has confirmed it will halt production of CX-50 vehicles bound for Canada due to the tariffs in the U.S. and the corresponding retaliatory measures enacted in Canada.

The company confirmed that production at its Huntsville, Alabama, plant will be suspended beginning on May 12.

The plant produces the CX-50 vehicles for the North American market. The duration of the suspension has yet to be determined.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top