Tariffs Catch-All

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Razer’s upcoming Blade 16 and other laptops are no longer available for preorder or purchase on its US site. The configurator for preordering its new Blade 16 laptop was available as recently as April 1st, according to the Internet Archive — one day before the Trump administration announced sweeping US tariffs on China, Taiwan, and others that make laptop components. When asked recently if tariffs might affect Razer’s prices or availability, its Public Relations Manager, Andy Johnston, told The Verge, “We do not have a comment at this stage regarding tariffs.”
 
The EU’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose so-called reciprocal tariffs on all of America’s trading partners may be less aggressive than expected, but it does show some creativity in its bid to hit the U.S. where it will hurt the most.

According to an internal document seen by POLITICO, the Commission is considering slapping tariffs of up to 25 percent on a broad range of exports from the U.S. worth around €22.1 billion based on the EU’s 2024 imports.

The list features run-of-the-mill agricultural and industrial commodities such as soybeans, meat, tobacco, iron, steel and aluminum — to hit the American sectors that rely most on transatlantic exports.

Dig deeper, and it turns out the EU’s trade nerds have stirred some unaccustomed creativity into their expert knowledge of obscure customs codes, while channeling a helping of passive aggression to inflict pain on Trump’s base.

EU countries are set to vote on the new duties on Wednesday, with no major opposition expected.

Once they’ve approved the list (which is technically made up of multiple lists), the first set of tariffs on goods such as cranberries or orange juice, which the EU initially imposed in 2018 during the first Trump presidency but suspended in 2021, will take effect on April 15.

A 25 percent duty will then kick in from May 16 on a second batch of imported items such as steel, meat, white chocolate and polyethylene. Finally, a 25 percent duty on almonds and soybeans will take effect Dec. 1. (Leave it to the Commission to build some suspense.)

Overall, EU duties are set to hit up to $13.5 billion worth of exports from red states, according to POLITICO's analysis of 2024 trade data.

Let’s start with the EU’s No. 1 target — soybeans, the most valuable item on the bloc’s hit list, a product whose economic and symbolic significance for the Republican Party's heartlands cannot be overstated.

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The EU is also targeting beef from Kansas and Nebraska, poultry from Louisiana, car parts from Michigan, cigarettes from Florida, and wood products from North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.

While the Commission ended up dropping whiskey from the final draft after successful lobbying from France, Italy and Ireland, it did include other more niche items designed to cause the greatest pain to exporters in Republican states.

These include (but are not limited to) ice cream from Arizona, handkerchiefs from South Carolina, electric blankets from Alabama, ties and bow ties from Florida (unless they’re made of silk, which Democratic California will be more than happy to provide), and washing machines from Wisconsin.

Pasta from Florida and South Carolina will also face some tariff heat, though Italy will likely be delighted to fill the market gap.
Cigarettes from Florida?

Ummm….
 
Cigarettes from Florida?

Ummm….
MIght be cigars. Could be same tariff category, and the writer was just lazy.

Also the Swisher products are made there. They might straddle the cigarette/ cigar line.
 
I understand that the stock market doesn't necessarily always reflect the true state of the economy (what most people experience on a daily basis), but every time the market tanks and a recession ensues...main street suffers immensely. This idea that they are doing this for Main St is competely ridiculous. The goal with tariffs is to cut income and capital gains tax rates, nothing else. Just pass on the tariffs to consumers, no biggie, right.
 

Grassley says Congress ‘delegated too much authority to the president’ on trade​

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to limit President Trump’s trade authority, said Tuesday that he thinks Congress has “delegated too much authority to the president.”

“I made very clear throughout my public service that I’m a free and fair trader. The Constitution gives Congress the authority to regulate interstate and foreign commerce. I believe that Congress delegated too much authority to the president in the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and Trade Act of 1974,” Grassley said.

 

No environmental delays, just dump your waste and other shit in the trash, global warming is a hoax and we fired the EPA and OSHA.

It's ok if everyone downstream dies just hire from upstream, we have plenty of people. And with my new abortion regulations and child bearing minimums we'll keep pumping out dumb, under educated workers for your factories in the future.
 
This is a good thread to read about how Main St is not going to benefit at all. IF any US manufacturing comes back, it won't be benefiting most small businesses that are operating now. Most will be done by the time factories are in place.



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"he thinks a world of tariffs and trade wars will finally be where he proves his true genius"

I disagree. I agree that he's a narcissist and I'll add that he's an egomaniac. He could have very easily done his threatening behind the scenes, gotten countries to decrease their tariffs and announced his victory after the fact. That's not how Trump works because he's a narcissistic, egomaniac who has to let the world know that he's in charge with his press conferences and idiotic fucking posterboard.... like he's a high school student giving a presentation in economics class.

If the tariffs are in place 6 months from now, I'll be surprised.
If they are in place in six months you will be bankrupt, not surprised, as we all will be.
 
I understand that the stock market doesn't necessarily always reflect the true state of the economy (what most people experience on a daily basis), but every time the market tanks and a recession ensues...main street suffers immensely. This idea that they are doing this for Main St is competely ridiculous. The goal with tariffs is to cut income and capital gains tax rates, nothing else. Just pass on the tariffs to consumers, no biggie, right.
Reading the small business reddit, like I just started doing, shows how everything from mom and pop stores to trades people are utterly fucked.
 
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