Tariffs have consequences. Usually unintended
 

Many of the tariffed products coming here from China are produced there for foreign companies, including American firms. As a result of Trump's tariffs, many of those firms are considering relocating to other countries, or have already done so. They certainly aren't looking at the US. Two of the big winners in the tariff wars appear to be Vietnam and Mexico.


https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...o-great-226876


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...de-war-1023849

There are some consequences to attain better long term trade deals that will improve your country a hundred times over in the long term.
Suck it up buttercup.

True. An American company moving its production from China to Vietnam could result in even lower prices for American consumers.

We don't need any "long term trade deals" with the government involved. And if the government is involved, "long term" means from now until the next election.

China Gears Up to Weaponize Rare Earths in Trade War

That would cripple some companies/industries.

China is a one party dictatorship that can play the long game.And ruthless enough to let their countrymen suffer to accomplish this goal.

Saw a concerning piece today that China makes a very large number of our medicines and that could be serious for us.

Like oil, we need to be independent on ALL necessities of life.
WE can and must do so.

"Trade wars are easy to win..."

IMPEACH 45!

Ps. Life itself is the very definition of unintended consequences.

Something about blind squirrels and broken clocks.

This is punitive action against consumers and up stream producers because he's wholly ineffective.

Paul Krugman has been wrong a lot in recent years. But like all left-leaners who are often wrong, they double and triple down until they eventually hit the ball again and proclaim themselves geniuses of the highest order...and their sycophants will lick it up and down like trained seals.

It's not a left/right thing to know the 5-25% tax has to come from somewhere...