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re: Do you think it is fair that Chinese automakers can use Mexico to ship cars tax free?
Posted on 3/19/24 at 11:11 am to frogtown
Posted on 3/19/24 at 11:11 am to frogtown
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Orange wants to be known as "tariff man". The 10% universal baseline import tax he has floated on numerous occasions will pretty much be a disaster.
Is Trump wrong here with "universal baseline" or is he right?
It's a negotiating tool.
When you are sitting at the table across from a potential trading partner or business partner why would you remove a leverage point before you even sit down?
IT MAKES ZERO SENSE.
Why would you place yourself in a weaker negotiation position from the start? It's just dumb and our politicians besides Trump have been doing this for decades (because the U.S. Chamber of Commerce who represent multinationals tell them to not use tariffs as a negotiation leverage point because they want cheap labor in foreign countries and sell back the the U.S. consumers with no taxes).
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Posted on 3/19/24 at 11:14 am to GumboPot
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Why would you place yourself in a weaker negotiation position from the start?
Why are we holding back American consumers and manufacturers by govt mandated trade agreements?
The government as the economic arbitrator is a huge step off the Conservative platform.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 11:15 am to GumboPot
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It's a negotiating tool.
When you are sitting at the table across from a potential trading partner or business partner why would you remove a leverage point before you even sit down?
IT MAKES ZERO SENSE.
Tariffs make zero sense if the goal is to benefit our country with improved trade.
If you are combatting a country which does not protect property and actively supports piracy, I understand the leverage. But the goal is not to engage in perpetual tariffs. The goal is to correct behavior and get back to free trade.
Tariffs for any reason other than punitive measures makes zero sense.
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