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Commerce Secretary Ross: we can't tariff and negotiate at the same time

Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:38 pm
Posted by 90proofprofessional
Member since Mar 2004
24445 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:38 pm
Agree or disagree?

The actual quote: "You can't be tariffing people at the same exact time that you're negotiating a detailed arrangement with them."
Posted by dcbl
Good guys wear white hats.
Member since Sep 2013
31764 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:38 pm to
What a fricking idiot
Posted by BBONDS25
Member since Mar 2008
57794 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:40 pm to
Disagree. You?
This post was edited on 5/21/18 at 9:40 pm
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:40 pm to
Seems reasonable. Negotiations are fulid until the agreement is inked.
Posted by PaperTiger
Ruston, LA
Member since Feb 2015
26395 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:40 pm to
Disagree. Why on Earth could you not?
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
73343 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:40 pm to
It’s 11 PM in Washington

Why is an elderly man up this late? He needs to be in bed
Posted by RockyMtnTigerWDE
War Damn Eagle Dad!
Member since Oct 2010
108345 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:45 pm to


Can you get a country to negotiations while they are under sanctions?

Posted by Lsuchs
Member since Apr 2013
8073 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:46 pm to
quote:

Can you get a country to negotiations while they are under sanctions?


I imagine they are more eager to come to an agreement while suffering from sanctions
Posted by BeeFense5
Kenner
Member since Jul 2010
42235 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:47 pm to
quote:

Disagree. You?


90proof is a #resist clown so he prob agrees with the topic at hand
Posted by 90proofprofessional
Member since Mar 2004
24445 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:49 pm to
quote:

Disagree. You?

I gotta say I don't think he's correct, but I also don't know that he's not.

His job is to speak for the administration on this. It's just a weird thing to reveal, especially when we opened these negotiations with our tariff announcement that apparently we knew we couldn't follow through on if they succeeded in stringing the negotiations on long enough.
Posted by 90proofprofessional
Member since Mar 2004
24445 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 9:52 pm to
quote:

90proof is a #resist clown so he prob agrees with the topic at hand



you went zero to melt at an impressive rate mate

Posted by narddogg81
Vancouver
Member since Jan 2012
21963 posts
Posted on 5/21/18 at 11:54 pm to
What a nonsensical thing to say
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:45 am to
quote:

His job is to speak for the administration on this. It's just a weird thing to reveal, especially when we opened these negotiations with our tariff announcement that apparently we knew we couldn't follow through on if they succeeded in stringing the negotiations on long enough.


Or maybe the tariffs got Xi and the rest of China to the table. Just because you keep everything thing on the table for negotiations doesn’t mean you’ll use everything. However you definitely weaken your position if you remove bargaining chips from the table from the get go. Previous administrations have always started negotiations with tariffs as a non-starter. This administration actually considers them and everything even if they don’t fight for them.
Posted by MizzouBS
Missouri
Member since Dec 2014
6785 posts
Posted on 5/22/18 at 1:00 am to
He’s only 8 years older than Trump and 2 years younger than Reagan we he left office
Posted by baobabtiger
Member since May 2009
4939 posts
Posted on 5/22/18 at 1:01 am to
This s a commerce secretary? Wow.
Posted by Tiger Roux
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
5020 posts
Posted on 5/22/18 at 1:24 am to
I don't think they are going to get aggressive until the North Korea issue is complete.
Posted by antibarner
Member since Oct 2009
26215 posts
Posted on 5/22/18 at 6:00 am to
Common sense tells you to negotiate from a position of strength. We have done nothing and let these countries run all over us, and they do not believe mere talk. Actions speak much louder than words.
This post was edited on 5/22/18 at 6:00 am
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
82116 posts
Posted on 5/22/18 at 6:02 am to
I don't even like tariffs but that makes no fricking sense
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
80597 posts
Posted on 5/22/18 at 6:03 am to
Is he meaning that any agreement made would be under duress and therefore not valid?
Posted by 90proofprofessional
Member since Mar 2004
24445 posts
Posted on 5/22/18 at 6:03 am to
quote:

maybe the tariffs got Xi and the rest of China to the table

Not sure what that's supposed to mean, but whatever that is, it doesn't seem to have done us much good. We were promised deals, and we're not getting them. TBH it looks like the Trump team's arse got handed to them at "the table"
quote:

This administration actually considers them and everything even if they don’t fight for them.

Sounds like you view the whole tariff thing as a bluff now. It is hard not to read Ross' comments that way as well.
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