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Tariffs push some U.S. manufacturers to exit China

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But the US standard of living will decline and the poor will be harder to make ends meet.

This has happened already, under "free market" conditions.

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In the short run, US consumers will pay more regardless where the products come from because of inefficiency and higher capital costs, and product quality will decline.

In the long run, quality of Chinese products will be even better, less reliance on the US markets; and costs saving from improved efficiency and exchange rate differentials will offset the tariff costs. China will be moving up the ladder and become a developed country with its own domestic consumption to fuel growth. Chinese service sector will be further expanded. But the US standard of living will decline and the poor will be harder to make ends meet. You will see more social problems and gun violence. The restrictive immigration policies will become a drawback and the US will no longer have hard-working immigrants to drive growth. Education will be even more costly. There will no longer be a land of the free. The US will attempt to get into the Chinese markets but the Chinese consumers will be more guarded and the US large corporations will be struggling to hold on to their market shares. The US economy will be stagnant as consumers will be more selective in their purchases because of the higher prices.

Eventually, the new advance technology will emerge more in the East as China and other Asian nations will become more connected, have more well-educated and skilled people, and have better infrastructures to improve the well-being of the people. By then, China will become the largest economy and the main driver’s of the world.

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How many more ways can the Great Orange Demented One find to crash our economy - I'll guess six since that's how many companies he's bankrupted. Farmers, autoworkers, construction, steel workers and their families are all taking it in the shorts because of this moron.

Xi just has to crank up the government controlled media and blame everything on Trump and the US trying to "humiliate" China, stoking nationalism - and the Chinese public will fall in line. Xi ain't going anywhere - he knows Donne is toast; if not impeached then tossed out in 2020.

Donnie better have his Sharpie ready when the next unemployment and GDP figures are released...and the next Fox News poll...

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Tom Case, a customs broker for 50 years and president of The Camelot Company, a customs brokerage company near Chicago's O'Hare Airport, said that the costs would ultimately be passed onto the US consumer.

Only in the short term. Soon the US consumer will ignore the now-costly Made in China screwdrivers for the Made-in-Anywhere Else screwdrivers that will be priced less. This has to happen on a global scale, in Asia and Europe. The world created a monster, we bought their lies about a "peaceful rise", naively thinking that the China would become more liberal and join the rest of the international community. Instead they have made money off the world, and turned it into the biggest, most economically and militarily powerful dictatorship in the history of this planet.

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This works in the long run. And, quite frankly, it's the only real option left on the table. I am waiting for someone (other than Akie) to inform me the last time diplomacy worked with China. It is obvious that China has a huge chip on its shoulder and would clearly like to challenge America and they currently are in terms of remote islands like the Solomon Islands, etc.. China has major, major world ambitions and when a country like China has 'ambitions', bad things are bound to happen. Especially if it continues unabated.

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Tariffs push some U.S. manufacturers to exit China

But as ThePBot mentioned, it's doubtful many of those jobs will come back to the US, which is what Trump promised. Most of the big US corporations that back him and that he's invested in will continue to have their products manufactured overseas.

Trump still has some of his clothing line made in China

Using White House influence, i.e. that of her daddy, Ivanka had many trademarks approved by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). Jared also made arrangements with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) on an investments for visas deal.

It will be interesting to see whether the current tiff between China and the US will have effects on the Trump family fortunes.

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Trump the big businessman is making things really difficult for US businesses. Who could have seen that coming.

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It's interesting how Trump still has some of his clothing line made in China, even though this was all part of his master plan.

Many of these manufacturers in other parts of Asia still needs to import supplies from China, and a good number of them are even Chinese owned or invested- which was already somewhat of a trend before the trade war began, due to higher wages in China.

And this just means that jobs still aren't going back to the US. Even many American companies that manufacture their products in America are affected because they need to import some things that ultimately comes from the Chinese supply chain somewhere around the world.

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This was Trump’s plan all along.

China,The overfed dragon became a bully and must be isolated.

Take your business/manufacturing plants elsewhere. SEA and Africa await.

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The guy who's buying the screwdriver is the one paying."

Until he decides not to buy the screwdriver or buy from another supplier. I can guarantee you these tarrifs are eating into sales. I'd it didn't, companies wouldnt be moving. They just don't want to admit it.

I believe this was part of Trumps with the trade war. Hopefully we'll get more US companies out of China. Why do business with a country that steals your IP? China is using Google tech for military use. It's asinine.

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