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White House says tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China will start Saturday

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By ZEKE MILLER, AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK

President Donald Trump will put in place 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on goods from China effective on Saturday, the White House said, but it provided no word on whether there would be any exemptions to the measures that could result in swift price increases to U.S. consumers.

Trump had been threatening the tariffs to ensure greater cooperation from the countries on stopping illegal immigration and the smuggling of chemicals used for fentanyl, but he has also pledged to use tariffs to boost domestic manufacturing and raise revenues for the federal government.

“Starting tomorrow, those tariffs will be in place,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. “These are promises made and promises kept by the president.”

The tariffs carry both political and economic risks for Trump, who is just two weeks into his second term. Many voters backed the Republican on the promise that he could tamp down inflation, but the possibility of tariffs could trigger higher prices and potentially disrupt the energy, auto, lumber and agricultural sectors.

Trump had said he was weighing issuing an exemption for Canadian and Mexican oil imports, but Leavitt said she had no information to share on the president's decision on any potential carveouts.

The United States imported almost 4.6 million barrels of oil daily from Canada in October and 563,000 barrels from Mexico, according to the Energy Information Administration. U.S. daily production during that month averaged nearly 13.5 million barrels a day.

Trump has previously stated a 10% tariff on Chinese imports would be on top of other import taxes charged on products from the country.

Shortly after Leavitt spoke, the S&P 500 stock index sold off and largely erased its gains on the day.

Both Canada and Mexico have said they’ve prepared the option of retaliatory tariffs to be used if necessary, which in turn could trigger a wider trade conflict that economic analyses say could hurt growth and further accelerate inflation.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that Canada is ready is a respond if Trump goes ahead with the tariffs, but he did not give details.

“We’re ready with a response, a purposeful, forceful but reasonable, immediate response,” he said. “It’s not what we want, but if he moves forward, we will also act.”

Trudeau said tariffs would have “disastrous consequences” for the U.S, putting American jobs at risk and causing prices to rise. Trudeau reiterated that less than 1% of the fentanyl and illegal crossings into the U.S. come from Canada.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that Mexico has maintained a dialogue with Trump’s team since before he returned to the White House, but she emphasized that Mexico has a “Plan A, Plan B, Plan C for what the United States government decides."

“Now it is very important that the Mexican people know that we are always going to defend the dignity of our people, we are always going to defend the respect of our sovereignty and a dialogue between equals, as we have always said, without subordination,” Sheinbaum said.

A study this month by Warwick McKibbin and Marcus Noland of the Peterson Institute for International Economics concluded that the 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on China “would damage all the economies involved, including the US.’’

“For Mexico,’’ the study said, “a 25% tariff would be catastrophic. Moreover, the economic decline caused by the tariff could increase the incentives for Mexican immigrants to cross the border illegally into the US — directly contradicting another Trump administration priority.’’

AP writers Paul Wiseman in Washington, Jim Morris in Vancouver, Canada, and Christopher Sherman in Mexico City contributed.

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Boom!

And it happens.

-26 ( +5 / -31 )

Let brace the impact! It's still only 25% compared that tariffs on any imported rice that got into Japan that face tariffs more than 700%, 25% still nothing

https://cigs.canon/en/article/20130314_1779.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/25/japans-largest-rice-shortage-in-years-exacerbated-by-sushi-hungry-tourists-.html

-26 ( +3 / -29 )

If any good comes out of this is maybe Canada will respond by gettig a lot tougher in tackling its horrendous illicit drug crisis, which has be allow to fester. The biggest case, involving fentanyl profits being laundered through casinos and real estate, is described as representing a level of criminality unprecedented in Canadian history -- yet there wasn't a single conviction due to a technicality involving one informant.

Hopefully, Canada will start throwing drug dealers, complicit bankers and drug users in jail (like Japan does).

-9 ( +9 / -18 )

Strange!

Why 25% on Canada and Mexico, but only 10% on China?

Oh, I got it, President Musk is responsible for that deal.

Expect all this to backfire!

Donald and his administration will catapult the USA into a so-called third-world-country.

His decisions will not benefit "Mr. and Mrs Miller", just himself and his clan members.

S&P down since his election, prices increasing, people dying because they can't afford their needed medicine.

Expect more to come!

22 ( +27 / -5 )

Great news for people who love inflation and high prices!

22 ( +28 / -6 )

Private citizens around the world need to boycott products made in the US and buy alternative ones from their own countries or from friendly trade partners.

13 ( +18 / -5 )

Donald:

"We'll be doing pharmaceuticals. Importantly in drugs and medicines, etc. All forms of medicine and pharmaceuticals. And we'll be doing very importantly steel and we'll also be doing chips. And things associated with chips."

Plans to impose tariffs on the EU: “The European Union has treated us so terribly.”

But of course: “Because I have common sense, okay?” (Donald)

15 ( +17 / -2 )

Why 25% on Canada and Mexico, but only 10% on China?

We have more illegals from the North and South coming in.

Oh, I got it, President Musk is responsible for that deal.

What?

Expect all this to backfire!

No, it won’t, they’ll buckle eventually

Donald and his administration will catapult the USA into a so-called third-world-country.

Quite the opposite

His decisions will not benefit "Mr. and Mrs Miller", just himself and his clan members.

78% of Americans want the President to deport criminal illegals

S&P down since his election, prices increasing,

That will change

people dying because they can't afford their needed medicine.

People die every single day, to blame Trump without a single shrewd of verifiable and provable evidence is just completely irresponsible

Expect more to come!

Good times ahead

-24 ( +5 / -29 )

Plans to impose tariffs on the EU: “The European Union has treated us so terribly.”

100%

But of course: “Because I have common sense, okay?” (Donald)

He does. Colombia buckled. They can play hard, but in the end, they need the U.S., they’ll fold, be patient

-24 ( +4 / -28 )

The current Trudeau Liberal government in Canada has spent 10 years self inflicting damage on the Canadian economy and creating poverty. The Trump tariffs will be bad news for Canada but probably not as bad as what Trudeau has done.

-15 ( +6 / -21 )

The Trump tariffs will be bad news for Canada but probably not as bad as what Trudeau has done.

Personally, I think 25% is way too low for a tariff.

-29 ( +3 / -32 )

bass,

as always just posting the opposite?

Can you give me any reliable information as to what will happen or actually what is happening under the Trump administration?

And, please, facts, not fake news provided by that press secretary or her master!

By the way, press secretary. Seen this? "When you're flying with your loved ones, do you pray that your airplane lands safely and gets you to your destination or do you pray that the pilot has a certain skin color? I think we all know the answer."

13 ( +17 / -4 )

once again, press secretary barbie lied, saying that tens of millions of americans have died from fentanyl. it’s maybe 200k in the last 20 years.

about 760,000 americans died in car crashes in the same period.

gasoline prices are going to go up. get ready. everyone but trump (and maga people) know canada provides 50% of the oil used for gasoline. domestic oil can’t be used.

and how about those lumber and minerals? the u.s. housing prices are going up even more.

and chemicals from china used in everyday pharmaceuticals will be going too. more than you expect since trump killed the price cap on pharmaceutics last week. oh boy.

16 ( +20 / -4 )

as always just posting the opposite?

Just trying to correct the hysteria

Can you give me any reliable information as to what will happen or actually what is happening under the Trump administration?

No, neither can you, but you are projecting as if you know concretely what will happen and you don’t.

And, please, facts, not fake news provided by that press secretary or her master!

In other words, no facts and use only left-leaning feel good hit jobs? Naw, that’s ok

By the way, press secretary. Seen this? "When you're flying with your loved ones, do you pray that your airplane lands safely and gets you to your destination or do you pray that the pilot has a certain skin color? I think we all know the answer."

Liberals always, always make everything about color and race, this is the reason why they came up with DEI, color and race should never factor into this, experience and merit should be the only criteria for hiring anyone

-25 ( +3 / -28 )

So Bass, you are ok with Trump unilaterally breaking a trade deal that he himself forced on the other two countries only a couple of years ago. So then you will have no problem with Ontario shutting off the electricity to Michigan, Wisconsin, and New York states? Hey, it is only an agreement and we have to stop all those guns and drugs that flow into Canada from the US, right?

16 ( +21 / -5 )

So Bass, you are ok with Trump unilaterally breaking a trade deal that he himself forced on the other two countries only a couple of years ago.

To send back illegals? Absolutely.

So then you will have no problem with Ontario shutting off the electricity to Michigan, Wisconsin, and New York states?

They should go for it, I wish they would

Hey, it is only an agreement and we have to stop all those guns and drugs that flow into Canada from the US, right?

Yes, I only care to get these criminal illegals out, how do you have the audacity to tell anyone you won’t even take back your own people???

But they want to play hard, ok…

-24 ( +4 / -28 )

The US has been subsidizing these countries long enough.

-23 ( +4 / -27 )

China doesn't pay for tariffs. Americans pay for tariffs.

. . . Al Franken, former U.S. senator from MN

17 ( +19 / -2 )

In the short run, financial markets could experience sharp swings. Equity markets might drop on fears of a trade war.

Global supply chains - already complex and interlinked - would face uncertainty and disruption, potentially contributing to higher inflation.

American importers and consumers would bear significantly higher costs on everyday goods.

Many multinational corporations would see plummeting revenues if trade relations collapse.

U.S. consumers would likely see higher prices on imported goods - everything from electronics to household items.

Sectors like agriculture, energy, and manufacturing could face declines in profitability and potential layoffs if retaliatory measures shut them out of key markets.

16 ( +16 / -0 )

Trudeau is on the way out. Should common sense prevail between now and then, better times beckon for all.

Suddenly the media pundits are worried about the menace of inflation, which has been ravaging people for the last four years. How convenient.

-19 ( +4 / -23 )

once again, press secretary barbie lied, saying that tens of millions of americans have died from fentanyl. it’s maybe 200k in the last 20 years.

A figure of speech, add to that people that are hooked and who haven’t died and on the streets it’s about right.

about 760,000 americans died in car crashes in the same period.

Yes

gasoline prices are going to go up. get ready. everyone but trump (and maga people) know canada provides 50% of the oil used for gasoline. domestic oil can’t be used.

Well, then Canada should hurry and fix this, they can and should. Trudeau can be re-elected, Trump can’t, so he’s got nothing to lose.

and how about those lumber and minerals? the u.s. housing prices are going up even more.

Yes

and chemicals from china used in everyday pharmaceuticals will be going too. more than you expect since trump killed the price cap on pharmaceutics last week. oh boy.

Love it.

-22 ( +2 / -24 )

Any prices will go up for sure, then they would have to pay more to buy ones in near future.

6 ( +8 / -2 )

bass,

again the left and liberals (how about the woke, too)?

Fact: S&P been going down since Donald's reign.

Fact: His so-called tariffs will fuel inflation.

Fact: once he imposes those tariffs also on Canada fuel prices will rise.

Fact: Donald so far hired the least qualified for his admin.

Fact: due to his "maneuvers" he will isolate the once great USofA!

15 ( +18 / -3 )

Please refer to Justin Trudeau as "Outgoing Prime Minister" - thanks.

-11 ( +5 / -16 )

How about putting huge tarrifs on bronzer? America's GDP would jump to 10% from Trump's usage alone.

7 ( +10 / -3 )

The missing crucial element here is the twisted logic of/from the world of ego driven economists, experts that insist the retail world, globalism, long supply chains remain constant   

Retail is driven by market forces, so often ignoring one crucial essential factor, the customer/consumer.

When “tariffs” hit the retail market shelves, inevitably the customer will walk away, subsequently the item subject to a punitive tariff is simply removed.

As night follows day.

Retail will not hold valuable shelf space for products they cannot sell.

Remember……

That cabal of Davos World Economic Forum delusional, some Nobel prize winners, respectfully live in state of dim-wittedness.

To live or be in an ivory tower is not to know about or to want to avoid the ordinary and unpleasant things that happen in people's lives: Academics sitting in ivory towers have no understanding of what is important for ordinary working people.

This below from Trudeau is an example of a foolish i suggest delinquent mistaken belief that customer choice at the checkouts mindlessly continues to purchase items that are unaffordable.  

Trudeau said tariffs would have “disastrous consequences” for the U.S, putting American jobs at risk and causing prices to rise. Trudeau reiterated that less than 1% of the fentanyl and illegal crossings into the U.S. come from Canada.

-16 ( +1 / -17 )

I am unsure about the intersection of economic policy...tariffs...and immigration enforcement .

Surely the driver for "illegal immigration " is jobs in the shadow economy of...the USA.

Anything on penalties for employers who employ illegal entrants ?

11 ( +12 / -1 )

MAGA won't care if prices go up. They'll accept whatever Trump says. He could say that prices are going up because the respective leaders of Canada and Mexico are deep cover Democrat plants who are working to undermine his presidency, and MAGA will just swallow it like so much metaphorical jizz.

13 ( +17 / -4 )

Trump's new taxes will be paid by the American consumer.

Are there tariffs on imported Canadian gas and oil?

14 ( +16 / -2 )

Get ready for inflation to skyrocket and prices to go through the roof...

Just what you voted for - right MAGA-friends?

Two things you can count on with a Repub Prez - a war and a recession...

14 ( +16 / -2 )

The United States imported almost 4.6 million barrels of oil daily from Canada in October and 563,000 barrels from Mexico, according to the Energy Information Administration. U.S. daily production during that month averaged nearly 13.5 million barrels a day.

OK time to ruin the American economy. Good one, Don.

15 ( +16 / -1 )

again the left and liberals (how about the woke, too)?

You said it, I’m just agreeing with you.

Fact: S&P been going down since Donald's reign.

Fact: His so-called tariffs will fuel inflation.

Yes, so if Canada won’t police their borders, then so be it.

Fact: once he imposes those tariffs also on Canada fuel prices will rise.

I mean, that’s the idea….

Fact: Donald so far hired the least qualified for his admin.

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/576478-amateur-hour-pete-buttigiegs-inexperience-exposed-as-supply-chain-breaks/

Facts

Fact: due to his "maneuvers" he will isolate the once great USofA!

Then all they have to do is play fair

-20 ( +3 / -23 )

Suddenly the media pundits are worried about the menace of inflation, which has been ravaging people for the last four years. How convenient

Oh wait! You’ll have to ‘unpack’ this one.

Who told you that the ‘media pundits’ were not commenting on inflation? I don’t know what media bubble you are living in. I saw ‘media pundits’ commenting on this with interviews with people commenting on how rising prices were hitting them hard.

This is classic ‘alternative media’ bubble-dwelling. They regurgitate what they are told - ‘the MSM isn’t telling you’ etc.

Stop being misinformed.

8 ( +14 / -6 )

Rocknroll....price is determined by the interplay of supply and demand....usually...unless you add tariffs.

US consumers will have to have a US product to go to if the import becomes pricier.

This US product not always available , may not even exist in US production.

Ergo...US consumers will be stuck with the import, but now its 25% more in dollar terms.

11 ( +13 / -2 )

And now literally everything will be 25-50% more expensive without replacements. This is why tariffs are stupid unless you build local industry first. And even then they are probably still stupid.

8 ( +10 / -2 )

once again, press secretary barbie lied, saying that tens of millions of americans have died from fentanyl. it’s maybe 200k in the last 20 years.

A figure of speech, add to that people that are hooked and who haven’t died and on the streets it’s about right.

So you’re saying it’s now acceptable to give statistics about they you imagine to happen instead of what actually does. ‘Died’ actually includes people who are alive.

I see.

9 ( +12 / -3 )

Tariffs will be imposed on oil, gas, steel, and aluminum from February 18th.

2 ( +7 / -5 )

Need to remove the Trump "red mist" goggles

At the mere mention of Donald Trump name, blood pressure soars, teeth grind, fists clench, furniture in close vicinity is in mortal danger being turned into firewood.

Trump and tariffs are second nature, remember the call "drill baby drill". closely followed by "To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff".

And to make the blood boil over, US people November 2024 overwhelmingly agree.

Please try not to have a meltdown.

Especially with the threat to Medicare.

-15 ( +2 / -17 )

Yes, so if Canada won’t police their borders, then so be it.

It's not a Canadian border. It's an American-Canadian border which American also needs to police.

10 ( +14 / -4 )

It's not a Canadian border. It's an American-Canadian border which American also needs to police.

We are, so you just defeated your own argument…again, so the responsibility is left just to the U.S. side? Well, that train left the station. Trudeau is in for a very rude awakening

-18 ( +2 / -20 )

Stock market just doesn't care what is coming for them. At least I have my stocks hedged.

3 ( +5 / -2 )

And to make the blood boil over, US people November 2024 overwhelmingly agree

Basic maths, and I mean very basic, refutes this claim.

Sums, eh?

8 ( +10 / -2 )

Trump should be left to wreck the US economy.

Reciprocal sanctions by Canada and Mexico will harm their own citizens and suggest they are just as dumb as Trump.

6 ( +7 / -1 )

chaos is the goal for trump. and musk.

they love chaos.

7 ( +10 / -3 )

GuruMick, with retail, there is always a choice, especially with perishables, if an home grown item its a question of "shop"

I time my "retail" pursuits, especially food and household goods, I grow my own seasonal vegs and fruits.

I stalk the shelves, normally at dusk, crouching behind my trolley wheels freshly oiled, I sometimes hone practice my swerve technique in the car park.

As the attendant manager half's the price my inner shopping "top gun" takes over

Then follows a lesson in stealth/pounce, as I am never alone, surrounded by hoards of poor "Ben-Hur" motivated pensioners vouchers ready. It sometimes get ugly.

Get the picture?

Trumps 25% tariffs and the number of retail outlet choices, will drive sector by sector behaviour to source from anywhere and everywhere.

-9 ( +0 / -9 )

Jimizo, yes US election is a lot closer than I am suggesting,

Disruption bring change for better or for worse.

-9 ( +2 / -11 )

Jimizo, yes US election is a lot closer than I am suggesting

Certainly was. The ‘overwhelmingly agree’ claim comes across as partisan nonsense.

Keep it serious.

8 ( +11 / -3 )

It's impossible to police the entire length of the Canadian-American border, which runs down the middle of some streets. The Great Lakes are a problem. Maybe Canada can build a wall and charge Trump for it.

8 ( +9 / -1 )

So actually “expert economists” haven’t even reviewed anything yet.

“Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump’s vow to unleash 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has sent economists racing to estimate the impact on businesses and households across all three nations.

The potential fallout depend on the specifics of what Trump announces — the level of tariffs, the goods targeted or exempted and the duration they’re in place. It also depends on how Canada and Mexico respond.”

-16 ( +2 / -18 )

Tariffs quotas are aimed tailored at the political/economic behaviours, of to the countries/states they are aimed at.

Retail will simply adapt refocus to the counties that are willing to fill the gaps.

-12 ( +0 / -12 )

They are quoting economic experts. I know experts are anathema to everything MAGA believes in,

The other way around actually…

but experts are close to unanimous in agreeing that tariffs will have a deleterious impact on the economy. 

Really now…

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/tariffs-trump-trade-modern-economies/

-16 ( +1 / -17 )

Itsonlyrocknroll.

Spending an hour lurking in a supermarket is an hour you could spend at work....earn more than save.

Take 25% increase in petrol for US cars . How does that help police the border , reduce drug imports etc ?

Wouldnt that cause US consumer to move to smaller cars....like ones made in Japan or Korea, or even China. ?

So impact on trade deficit ?

Tariffs will raise prices for US consumers and reduce their spending capacity.

Any structural changes in the economy on the US side, adapting to this will take years.

And I am not dumbing things down to "home grown vegies "

People cant drive a lettuce to work.

7 ( +7 / -0 )

itsonlyrocknroll

Tariffs quotas are aimed tailored at the political/economic behaviours, of to the countries/states they are aimed at.

Not political. Purely economic.

Used to be popular, but they are a device where nobody wins and often cause trade wars.

That's why they are now avoided and the WTO was formed.

8 ( +8 / -0 )

Really now…

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/tariffs-trump-trade-modern-economies/

You obviously haven't read your own link.

9 ( +9 / -0 )

Not political. Purely economic.

you do realize if these countries do what we ask politically, the tariffs are removed don’t you?

-12 ( +3 / -15 )

Also, it’s true that tens of millions of Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses. If Karoline Leavitt is lying, why did Trump win the election?

Common sense.

1 ( +3 / -2 )

Jimizo, I will try to view this whole "Trump thing" with respectful seriousness it demands.

Ramsay MacDonald a true socialist, one of UK Labour parties founders.

The man who saves time by galloping loses it by missing his way; the shepherd who hurries his flock to get them home spends the night on the mountain looking for the lost; economy does not consist in haste, but in certainty.

A true statement, lost on 21st century world leaders.

-8 ( +1 / -9 )

rocknroll..."Haste " is what is happening with the tariffs.

Past practice would be to start a tariff at say, 5% and see what happened.

Trump starts at 25%....that is haste.

And dont ignore the economic questions I raised above.

Avoidance....not a good technique in a serious argument .

7 ( +7 / -0 )

China doesn't pay for tariffs. Americans pay for tariffs.

. . . Al Franken, former U.S. senator from MN

Al Franken should stick to what he's best at...unwanted fondling of womens' breasts.

China pays the tariffs. The retailer jacks up the price of the imported item to cover the cost of the tariff, after which the imported item no longer has the price advantage it had prior...meaning people will more likely buy the American made product. Or...the exporter will transfer production to America to avoid the tariff.

Win Win for America

-9 ( +3 / -12 )

—but experts are close to unanimous in agreeing that tariffs will have a deleterious impact on the economy. 

Really now…

I found a couple of economists who back Trumponomics. I believe them. Because otherwise why did Americans vote for Trump in a total landslide?

Common sense!

1 ( +3 / -2 )

Tariffs will bring prosperity to America. 

correct! We will prosper economically, America and Americans first!

And they won’t be implemented if America gets what it wants. 

also correct! Because getting what WE want leads to OUR prosperity,

So we get it by tariffs -or- we get it by the threat of tariffs driving the behavior of others into what we want to the point where tariffs aren’t needed,

now you seem to be getting it! Gooood!

-10 ( +1 / -11 )

The retailer jacks up the price of the imported item to cover the cost of the tariff, after which the imported item no longer has the price advantage it had prior...meaning people will more likely buy the American made product. Or...the exporter will transfer production to America to avoid the tariff.

this is a great explanation! Simplicity and accuracy.

-9 ( +1 / -10 )

China pays the tariffs. 

You do not understand what tarrifs are.

The companies and people of the country that places the tarrif, pay the tarrif.

meaning people will more likely buy the American made product.

What happens for products that are not made in America? What does the consumer do when there's no alternative to the tarrifed product?

7 ( +8 / -1 )

.just read the texts prescribed at an entry level economics course.

In other words:

"I don't know what I'm talking about, but I saw some econimists on the MSM criticising tariffs"

Interesting.

What economists, if any, would you recommend on this? Anyone other than economists?

No need to type them in bold if you have some.

6 ( +7 / -1 )

but experts are close to unanimous in agreeing that tariffs will have a deleterious impact on the economy. 

Since the enactment of NAFA, 80,000 factories in Ameria have been shut down, largely due to production being moved overseas or Mexico to take advantage of cheap or slave labour to lower production costs. Those same products are then sold back to the Americans who once produced them. Who exactly in this exchange has had a "deletarious" impact on them? Not the corporations...who "the experts" are unanimous in agreeing that tariffs will have a "deletarious" impact. No sir...they make out just fine. The workers in those 80,000 factories who now have to buy "made in China" because they haven't jobs to pay for anything more than that crap.

-7 ( +2 / -9 )

Tariffs will bring prosperity to America. 

correct! We will prosper economically, America and Americans first!

That's the most hilarious thing I've read since "they're eating the pets"....

Only in alt-reality MAGA-world will tariffs bring prosperity...that's like saying;

"Inflation will lower prices"...

"Abortions will protect the unborn"...

"Hiring foreign tech workers will increase US jobs"...

Trump 2.0 - all failures, all the time...

6 ( +10 / -4 )

Or...the exporter will transfer production to America to avoid the tariff.

this is a great explanation! Simplicity and accuracy.

American production was shifted overseas decades ago. There is nothing simple about bringing it back. Dream on. Manufacturers will find the cheapest option to maximize profits. They don’t care about made in America , just like all the maga tat shilled to you that is made in China.

6 ( +8 / -2 )

Japan put a tariff on my hotel in Kyoto...

0 ( +3 / -3 )

Try it

ok so when gas prices in the USA don’t go up 25% after these tariffs? I can come back to you and you will explain why they didn’t?

-6 ( +2 / -8 )

What does the consumer do when there's no alternative to the tarrifed product?

such as? What would be some specific, non niche products like this?

-9 ( +2 / -11 )

Geeter...mate...I just checked. You be wrong ...

In the USA, the IMPORTER PAYS THE TARIFF

Not the exporter , China, as you assert.

The company IN THE USA pays the tariff.

6 ( +10 / -4 )

Also you do realize if my wages go up, I can more easily absorb a higher price, don’t you?

if something is tariffed and no USA alternative? then I need to pay 25% more for it, if I have the money and still want/need it.

the entire problem under the previous incompetents was 8% inflation with the same wage hurts people.

-9 ( +3 / -12 )

Blacklabel...petrol for cars not niche product.

US cant meet demand in US for petrol....Imports from Canada.

Canada petrol just got 25% costlier.

7 ( +9 / -2 )

Blacklabel...there will be a price increase, but not 25 % as the US has home production doesnt it ?

The price increase will be on that percentage of fuel that Canada supplies, presumably spread over total supply in the US.

Imagine filling a tank with fuel....some from US will cost less, some from Canada more...but the two supply points are mixed into the one tank of fuel

Geddit ?

4 ( +6 / -2 )

Finally, a capable US president.

The Golden Age of America is back.

-14 ( +0 / -14 )

we can’t produce more gasoline? Sure we can.

-12 ( +0 / -12 )

Maybe Trump should threaten tariffs, not implement them when he gets what he wants,

Threatening them would be better, gets their attention

and then renege and implement them later. 

Naw, then they think he’s bluffing

Common sense! Amazing that no one in the history of the universe has ever thought of this before. 

They never used it like Trump.

Finally, a capable US president.

The Golden Age of America is back.

I agree

-14 ( +0 / -14 )

Or...the exporter will transfer production to America to avoid the tariff.

this is a great explanation! Simplicity and accuracy.

This certainly could work with some things where America has the ability to produce them, but not for others. You can tariff the crap out of bananas (for example), but that won’t magically make them start growing in the US.

Plus, if Trump fully follows through on his “tariff everything coming into theUS” policy countries are going to reciprocate, so US producers will lose out on those markets. Moreover those countries (ie the rest of the world) are only going to be closing their markets to the US and not to each other, so you’ll have a global economy in which trade continues to flow but the US is sidelined from the system. US consumers will pay more for everything, many things will become unavailable, and US producers will decline significantly while China and other countries take over markets the US used to dominate.

Plus all those manufacturing jobs this is supposed to create will be done by AI within 5-10 years anyway.

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Jimizo, the point you make, is one of life's inescapable facts.

All the texts books in the world, the knowledge learnt from college never prepares you when starting a business, any business, and the realities of failure to make the right decisions have serious consequences on the livelihoods of the people, employees that have placed loyalty and faith in you to change lives, get it right.

Donald Trump economic policies are ruthless, inward facing.

I can say this, US investors, have followed his lead, they will invest huge amounts, however the strings attaches mean you putting America first,

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Let’s say I want a Godzilla action figure.

i can: order the Japan manufactured one and pay a 50-100% premium over a US made one cause it’s only manufactured in Japan.

buy a cheaper, but inferior “USA type” Godzilla made in USA at USA price.

got to dollar store and buy something called “the dinosaur” from China for $1.

it’s really up to me which one I want.

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Geeter...re the factory closures....sore point for all

But production moves to where costs are low.

Happens to be Mexico...labour costs lower than US.

So drop labour rates in the US ?

US workers wouldnt have that, and illegal workers already filling that void.

I suppose you could grow pineapple in Alaska, if you put your mind to it.

Awfully expensive.

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US importing fuel from Canada because US supplies not able to meet demand.

Drill Baby Drill!

The US imports lumber from Canada because the Canadian dollar is absolute dross!

You've studied economics, eh? Tell us what the term "trade deficit" means.

The cheap lumber imported from Canada means fewer people in the lumber industry required in the US, when the forests of Michigan alone could supply all of America's lumber needs. The same with dairy. Canadian dairy farmers are going to be hit hard while American dairy farmers will see an increase in sales due to the Canadian competition no longer being able to undercut American producers.

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The guy in the photo chose to have his tat made in China. Then tricked millions of dummies into thinking he’s going to bring back ‘Made in the USA’. Trickle down economics for slow trickle brains.

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10% on Chinese-made smartphones will be a big increase. There are not many smartphones made in the USA. The Librem 5 USA smartphone. Sells for $1,600.

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Geddit ?

also can’t we just get gasoline from a country that we have not needed to put tariffs on?

I think we can. no law says we have to get gasoline from Canada.

But maybe they need to sell it to us worse then we need to buy it? Then “a deal” happens. In our favor, not theirs.

Kinda like how you get 30% at the supermarket at the end of the day. cause they know and you know who has the buying power right before closing time.

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Blacklabel

we can’t produce more gasoline? Sure we can.

US oil refineries are operating at maximum capacity. New plants take big time and big money.

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“It turns out that it is simply cheaper and more profitable to import heavy oil to refine into finished products and to export the light sweet crude at higher prices.”

why we import oil. We dont HAVE to, we have plenty of our own.

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US oil refineries are operating at maximum capacity. 

Actually no.

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=62624

“Annual refinery utilization decreased by one percentage point to 91%”

more recently:

“US Utilization of Refinery Capacity is at 85.90%, compared to 91.70% last week and 92.60% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 89.65%.”

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why we import oil. We dont HAVE to, we have plenty of our own.

Because of the reason you quoted?

Your argument is basically:

“We have the ability to organize our oil industry in an inefficient, less competitive way that results in much higher prices for our consumers, so why aren’t we doing that?”

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As of early 2024, the maximum operating capacity of US oil refineries was 18.4 million barrels per day (b/d). The number of active petroleum refineries has decreased from 250 in 1982 to 132 in 2024.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1447051/operative-oil-refineries-in-the-us/

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