If Trump puts the tariffs on Chinese products then..

@Motzu As can the countries he’s putting the tariffs on

@Anniedlr US can put much more painful tarriffs on them, period. Especially on China. It's gonna be a race between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump on who can wreck the Chinese economy faster. Xi has a considerable headstart, his Zero Covid Policy wrecked China, and his persecution of capitalists and the fall of Hong Kong, and warmongering against Taiwan has certainly caused investors, foreign and domestic, to flee his insanity- but I think Trump can do considerably more. We really can't count him out. But who knows, maybe Xi will collapse the CCP into seperate territorial cliques, each claiming to be the authentic communist party, wanting to reunite China. Xi is the lost of leader who can make that sort of thing happen.

@Penny yep, coffee, tropical fruits, fish products

And not every product, just some. Or, and toilet paper and paper towels

@ronisme1 id laugh emoji but its really not that funny. it sucks lol

@anythingoes477 It's a good point. They're about owning the libs. And owning China. It's nuts.
The only way they'll wake the hell up is if they personally suffer. They clearly don't care about others and believe in magic wands. Once they get hurt they might see how they've been played. Although it's just as likely they'll blame the Libs. Probably Obama.

@Fa8393 I agree and besides under Biden there was massive inflation that prolly would have continued under Harris except without the benefit if trying to lure production back to the States.

@Fa8393 I truly don't know if you're being sarcastic or serious. I sure hope it's the former.

@Fa8393 ;-) ;-) I love a good troll.

@Motzu Your economy isnt offshore. It makes higher value, hitech and high margin goods.

Your economy on all the metrics I can see is at least doing very well.

I wasnt commenting on the politics simply the economics. Tariffs tend to be inflationary.

If your country repatriates the making of low value consumer goods they will be more expensive than those made in countries with lower costs.

Also if the imposition of tariffs creates more jobs the employees will have more money. They will spend more, demand will increase and so will inflation.

@Alter4Ego Ehat employees? We don't have employees. We have government workers. We want employees.

@Motzu arent you talking about repatriating manufacturing jobs .... or have you changed your mind?

@SomeMichGuy good idea

@Penny Anything with overseas sourcing you might need for a few yrs, get it.

Auto parts
Other parts

@Penny moving factories takes time. Thinking about it sounds like a good idea. Are you prepared to go without toilet paper for 6 months. Of course not so it has to be imported and a lot more expensive. Lowering the corporate tax rate is supposed to save american companies a lot of money. And it does. The problem is the american companies dont pass the savings on to the consumer so they just pocket the money as more profits for them. Greed, corporate greed

@Shs00 like almost everything is made in china