@NativePortlander1970 While Walmart doesn't publicly disclose the exact percentage of goods sourced from China, estimates suggest that around 60% of Walmart's imports into the U.S. originate from China.

@whowasthatmaskedman I assume you've done the numbers around freight costs to and from Australia, import/ duties and taxes for landing and exporting the goods, and the very real potential for Australia to become enbroiled in a rapidly spreading tariff war (free-trade agreements notwithstanding)

@newjaninev2 I was being sarcastic: However. just about everything I buy from China does come with free delivery and deliever door to door can be as little as a week. While I more or less gave up buying from America. delivery takes forever and costs a bomb...😷

@whowasthatmaskedman very true

Eventually the americans will end up doing business only with themselves

@whowasthatmaskedman It seems the trump circus decided tariff rates by using a simplistic method along the lines of exports divided by imports as a percentage and dividing that by two.

I'll if I can find the article...

@newjaninev2 I heard an explanation of it. Apart from being a terrible idea. The execution was deeply flawed..😷

@newjaninev2 /s!

@tenente Yeah, i need a break…

@NewWorldToronto I think Tяump's underlying plan with tariffs was to inflict enough economic pain on Canada that Canada would agree to become a US state. In other words, batshit crazy.

All he's done is to stiffen Canadian resolve. US consumers will revolt long before Canadians will surrender.