Tariffs Catch-All

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ChileG said:
I’m really GD tired of them using fucking lame analogies to explain away everything. They do this because they can’t use facts, data, history, or anything else to provide support for these terrible decisions.

Do you really think chopping off the patients head will help him with his asthma?
Well, imagine your house has a 50 year-old roof and there has been a hail storm…
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I kinda like the home remodel analogy. From time to time the missus mentions remodeling our home. I ask her what would be the need and advantage of a remodel, and she replies that there is no need, the house is wonderful as is but after 20 years an "update" might be nice. Then I ask her what would be a nice update, and she says replacing our Corian kitchen countertops with quartz countertops, and I ask if there is anything else. She says she would like to replace our Kohler toilets with Toto toilets. Anything else I ask, and she says no that would be enough.

Three new Toto toilets were installed last week. Replacing the kitchen countertops remains under discussion :cautious:

Moral of the story: Don't wreak havoc on an unnecessary economic "remodel" when the existing economy was fine as is/was
 
heelinhell said:
I kinda like the home remodel analogy. From time to time the missus mentions remodeling our home. I ask her what would be the need and advantage of a remodel, and she replies that there is no need, the house is wonderful as is but after 20 years an "update" might be nice. Then I ask her what would be a nice update, and she says replacing our Corian kitchen countertops with quartz countertops, and I ask if there is anything else. She says she would like to replace our Kohler toilets with Toto toilets. Anything else I ask, and she says no that would be enough.

Three new Toto toilets were installed last week. Replacing the kitchen countertops remains under discussion :cautious:

Moral of the story: Don't wreak havoc on an unnecessary economic "remodel" when the existing economy was fine as is/was
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In terms of selling your home, she is likely right about replacing the Corian countertops. Corian is good solid state material but it has become associated with utilitarian spaces and any homebuyer who sees it will think it is dated.
 
nycfan said:
In terms of selling your home, she is likely right about replacing the Corian countertops. Corian is good solid state material but it has become associated with utilitarian spaces and any homebuyer who sees it will think it is dated.
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Having gone through several iterations of the latest trend in countertops from laminate to Corian to stone, both natural and artificial, I'd be hesitant to change just for the resale aspect. Who knows what the flavor of the day will be when it's time to consider selling?

Obviously, there are plenty of other reasons to change.
 
finesse said:
Having gone through several iterations of the latest trend in countertops from laminate to Corian to stone, both natural and artificial, I'd be hesitant to change just for the resale aspect. Who knows what the flavor of the day will be when it's time to consider selling?

Obviously, there are plenty of other reasons to change.
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Fair. Never having seen this particular countertop, I am sure I would likely want to change it out for the upgrade in appearance for my kitchen if I could afford it.
 

Trump aides draft tariff plans as some experts warn of economic damage​

The president’s team is exploring using trillions of dollars in new import revenue for a tax dividend or refund, people familiar with the matter said.


“… If implemented, the plan is likely to send shock waves through the stock market and global economy. Assuming that permanent tariffs took effect in the current quarter and triggered robust retaliation by U.S. trading partners, the economy would almost immediately tumble into a recession that would last for more than a year, sending the jobless rate above 7 percent, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s, who described the results as a worst-case scenario.

White House advisers cautioned that several options are on the table and no final decision has been made. On Monday evening, Trump repeatedly suggested the tariffs would be “reciprocal” — in direct proportion to those levied by foreign countries on U.S. exports — and indicated that many countries would not be included in the import duties. That would probably represent a less drastic action than a single universal tariff. …”

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Europe warns Trump: We have ‘a strong plan’ for retaliation against tariffs​



“… “Europe has not started this confrontation,” Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Union’s executive, said in a speech. “We do not necessarily want to retaliate but, if it is necessary, we have a strong plan to retaliate and we will use it.”

… In her speech, von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said Europe was “open to negotiations.” …”
 
US reportedly pressuring Britain to release an anti-abortion activist in the UK as a condition of tariff relief. The UK denies this, but as I have pointed out they are trying very hard to salvage whatever they can with the US after Brexit wrecked them.

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UK business secretary denies free speech issue featured in US tariff talks

Source reportedly says ‘no free trade without free speech’ after US bureau holds meeting with anti-abortion campaigner
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The business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has denied that the issue of free speech has featured in tariff negotiations with the US after reports a deal could be jeopardised by the outcome of a criminal case in Dorset.

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), an office within the US Department of State, has met anti-abortion campaigner Livia Tossici-Bolt, who was prosecuted for an alleged breach of a buffer zone outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic. The verdict is due on Friday following a trial at Poole magistrates court.


In a statement after the meeting, posted on X, the bureau said: “US-UK relations share a mutual respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

“However, as Vice President JD Vance has said, we are concerned about freedom of expression in the United Kingdom.”

It added: “We are monitoring her case. It is important that the UK respect and protect freedom of expression.”

The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday quoted an unnamed US source which the paper said was familiar with trade negotiations as warning there would be “no free trade without free speech”, when asked about the DRL comments.

When asked about the reports, Reynolds, who heads the Department for Business and Trade, said free speech had not formed part of the trade negotiations in which he had been involved.
 
nycfan said:


It’s a WAR! A trade war but same difference. Quit griping about your retirement account, be a patriot and get behind the Trade War.
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For the "hard" MAGA bigots who live paycheck to paycheck and have no 401k this is not an issue unless it impacts their Medicaid

For the "soft" MAGA bigots who vote their wallets, I'm guessing they might be getting a bit squeamish
 
Popcorn exporters? Gotta confess, I've never given an iota of thought to the popcorn export business but hey if it's an honest living, sure. No worries.

Look at Thom Tillis trying to squirm his way out of this. LOL. He knows his goose is cooked next year. I honestly expect him to retire. No inside info, just a hunch.l He's going to be clobbered. Ron Johnson too. LOL.

Apparently Susan Collins has been holding seminars for her Republican colleagues about the importance of being concerned.
 
There’s Richard’s Hotel. Richard’s Motel. Richard’s Pet Friendly Motel. Richard’s Motel Studios — all strung along South Federal Highway just south of Young Circle. But, this season, business is off, and there are fewer Canadians spending money in South Florida. The Trump administration’s mercurial policies are creating tension and uncertainty. Threats of tariffs on Canadian products, talk of new registration requirements for Canadian travelers, or even annexing the country as the 51st state, are making many Canadians reevaluate if they want to spend their money in the United States. “I got one guy that had a $1,000 deposit. You know for sure he’s coming. He gave up his deposit,” Clavet said. “And it’s not like he decided not to come. But, just to protest, he said he was going to Cuba instead.” After years of growth, Canadian tourism in Florida is reversing course, tourism officials say and initial data indicate. Passenger arrivals from Canada at Miami International Airport are down this year, three weeks into March. Demand for flights from Canada to South Florida has fallen about 20% compared to a year ago. “Visit Lauderdale is deeply concerned about potential travel restrictions on our tourism industry,” said Stacy Ritter, President and CEO of Visit Lauderdale, Greater Fort Lauderdale’s official marketing organization. The area annually gets about 1.1 million Canadian tourists, she noted.

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“It’s terrible,” said Clavet, 60. “People are canceling reservations left and right. They’re not booking. We should be super, super busy right now and we’re just basically seeking American business,” he said. He adds the unthinkable: “I think we need to give up on the Canadians.” Clavet, who arrived in Florida from Quebec in 1985, is torn. “I would say my heart is on both sides of the border. I think it’s terrible what’s going on in Canada right now,” said Clavet, who opened his first motel in 1990. “I guess it depends on how you’re looking at things right now. Right now, there’s like a mass movement from the Canadians and they’re all identifying together as against the U.S. And they’re cutting their flights coming down this way.”

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“This winter, we’ve seen less Canadians in both places,” Quesnel said. “And the month of March, it really died. There’s no wait if you want a table compared to the past years. In my activities, I see less French Canadians. Yeah, it’s up to the jury to say. Of course, the low dollar is a very big percentage of that. “Since November, I think that the political relationship is not too good to encourage Québécois to come down,” Quesnel said. “My own son-in-law, I’ve been asking him four times to come down for a week, room and board included, and do the golf with me. There’s no way he wants to come down here and spend money for Trump.
 
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‘This is a big concern’: New York tourism official worried about drop in Canadian visitors

A top tourism official in Western New York says he is concerned about a dip in visitors from Canada after recent data revealed that the number of cross-border visits from Canadians dropped significantly in February amid an ongoing trade war.
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Speaking to CP24.com on Monday, Patrick Kaler, president and CEO of Visit Buffalo Niagara, said cross-border travel from northern neighbours dropped 14 per cent year-over-year in February.

“I am hearing anecdotally from our hotels, our attractions, that they are seeing a downturn in their overall Canadian visitation,” he said.

He said he fears when the March border data comes in, it will show a similar trend.

“This is a big concern for us,” Kaler said.

“Obviously the talk of tariffs have changed a lot of the overall Canadian sentiment towards the United States and especially towards travel.”

Kaler said the region typically depends on Canadians for about 35 to 40 per cent of its total tourism.

“It’s very important. It’s beyond just the tax base that it creates, but it creates jobs,” he said.

“To see that pipeline cut off from us… it’s going to mean some hard decisions for some of our businesses probably if we’re not able to replace those visitors from other destinations within the United States.”

Amid the trade dispute, Kaler added that a recent advertising campaign geared at attracting Canadian travellers to the region was also suspended.

“Unfortunately, when the tariff talk started in early February, the comments on social media were very strong and so we decided to take it (the advertising campaign) down,” he said.

“We can appreciate the sentiment of the Canadian travellers and we don’t want to be disrespectful of how they’re feeling towards the United States at this point and go in with kind of maybe a tone-deaf message.”

Canadians appear to be showing declining interest in travelling across the border amid a trade war triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this year.
 
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