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re: Trump gets South Korean concessions in first trade deal

Posted on 3/28/18 at 3:01 pm to
Posted by cokebottleag
I’m a Santos Republican
Member since Aug 2011
24080 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 3:01 pm to
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Are we importing a lot of light trucks from there?



Clearly not with a 25% tariff.

That's how prohibitive tariffs work.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
100806 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:08 pm to
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The justification for the steel and aluminum tariffs was absurd. It was labeled as a national security issue, and you marketed it as such too.

Now that SK will let us sell 25,000 more cars per year, the steel tariff on SK is no longer a national security issue?



This is a weak argument. You're against tariffs but now you're bitching over the justification given? Wgaf. Now there is no tariff yet we get to export more cars to them. Status quo plus a bonus for us. What are you upset about?
Posted by 90proofprofessional
Member since Mar 2004
24445 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:41 pm to
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^ Another example of an idiot pontificating on a subject that he is completely ignorant about .


The tariff is useful as a bargaining chip. Sure, we'll remove the tariff, if you give us something we want, and in every case where Trump has agreed to an exemption he's gotten something he wanted. That's called making a deal. Something we as a country haven't done in years, these other countries were quite content to watch us capitulate on every deal and get screwed, but why are YOU complaining about us doing things differently now?

His point is exactly correct, and you missed it entirely.
Posted by 90proofprofessional
Member since Mar 2004
24445 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:43 pm to
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This is a weak argument. You're against tariffs but now you're bitching over the justification given? Wgaf.

The national security argument is its stated legal justification, and best chance of surviving legal challenge. Yet the administration's other statements and actions have repeatedly undermined that very argument directly.

Maybe you'd like retaliations from our trade partners, sanctioned by the rules of the WTO that we've agreed to. I don't.
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
81611 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:56 pm to
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Are we importing a lot of light trucks from there?


We absolutely need a fleet of bongo trucks!
Posted by WeeWee
Member since Aug 2012
43974 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 5:29 pm to
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Can someone name a single product that reads "Made in South Korea"


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