Tariffs Catch-All

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$10,000 for an electric car? China is going to bury us. We're getting left behind, and Trump is making it much worse.

-> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/...e_code=1.U08.fWuT.vORqmQ_Jspw1&smid=url-share

And they have that model that can charge in five minutes.

 

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Ford CEO Jim Farley didn’t mince words at the recent Aspen Ideas Festival, describing China’s rapid rise in the electric vehicle (EV) market as the “most humbling experience” of his career.

"Their cost, their quality of their vehicles is far superior to what I see in the west." Farley said.

https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/ford-ceo-sounds-alarm-on-chinas-ev-dominance

Sounds like Toyota and Honda like 40 years ago

 

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You can raise prices on copper, but that doesn't put more of it in the ground.

 

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I also look forward to every scrap of copper being ripped out of countless rural buildings the second someone is not watching.

this story won't be a one off perhaps.

Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen

Radio station WJLX can no longer broadcast its AM programming since the incident.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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I also look forward to every scrap of copper being ripped out of countless rural buildings the second someone is not watching.

this story won't be a one off perhaps.

Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen

Radio station WJLX can no longer broadcast its AM programming since the incident.

www.nbcnews.com

Man, anyone who can steal a 200 foot radio tower should get to keep it.

 

[Zoo_View]

He must have some sort of history blender …

It’s “The Weave” Blender.

 

[nycfan]

 

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Trump Delayed Reciprocal Tariffs After Bessent Wanted More Time on Deals​

President also decided to send out letters as a way to keep the pressure up​

—> https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/t...a?st=kbebUe&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

“… The weekend before his Monday announcement, Trump deliberated in phone calls and private conversations with allies from his private golf club in Bedminster, N.J., according to people familiar with the outreach. Trump was weighing whether he should give a new August deadline or send out letters without a date and simply a declaration of new tariff rates, the people said.

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In his phone calls, Trump told aides and allies he was frustrated with the lack of progress being made with countries, blaming those nations for not coming to the table with offers that, in his view, were good enough for the U.S., said some of the people familiar with Trump’s outreach. Trump argued privately he was riding a wave of momentum from his signing of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and his bombing of Iran, and wanted to ride those perceived wins to victories on trade policy, these people noted.

In the end, Trump decided to send out the letters along with the delay as a negotiating tactic to eke out last-minute concessions from trading partners, people familiar with the matter said.

On Tuesday he said more letters are expected, adding that he was about two days from sending a letter to the European Union. U.S. and EU officials are still in close contact. …”

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