SidecarFlip wrote:
Aridon wrote:
T18skyguy wrote:
SidecarFlip wrote:
Smacks of Harley Davidson and their whining about a tentative 100 million dollar loss due to Tariff's but at the same time opening a plant in Taiwan to make the 'American Classic' Harley Davidson motorcycles.
I don't buy into any of that drivel.
Far as RV's go, just look inside. Almost all the components or at least part of the components come from, you guessed it...China.
Even that Fantastic roof fan... Chinese motor, Chinese electric components.
Remarked to our family doctor the other day..'About the only thing we make here anymore is babies and those are delivered with imported medical tools.
Things need to change, but to effect that change will take some hurt on the part of the American consumer.
Yes it will put some hurt on the American consumer, but the whole point is that it's suppose to put much more hurt on China etc. China is already in recession, so who is going to blink first? I'm willing to be patient, but a 12 billion bailout of American farmers seems like a blink to me. The whole thing seems like it's just going to hurt everybody. To see how it will all shake out might take years. I don't profess to understand any of it.
China is not in a recession. Their economy grew at 6%+ last quarter on a year over year basis. Not sure where you get your info but it is wrong.
As for tariffs, overall they are a negative when used in broad strokes. Jobs aren't in China because of 10% or 25% pricing. That is where the logic of all this fails.
Sounds like a sore looser to me. Just because DJT applied tariffs to your steel and aluminum and your government subsidized the Canadian Lumber industry so they can sell below the cost of our mills, it's ok...right? really.
Trade is a 2 way street, not one way.
I knew this will get political fast..but here goes
Canada exporting lumber to US makes it cheaper for you to buy..
Dont like it dont buy it..
Canada and US has been trading steel since end of second war,with everyone being happy,so what changed?
Btw the steel croses the border sometimes two or three times..thats the way busines works..stop that and automakers will suffer badly..
As far as subsidies go Canadian farmers get ZERO help from the goverment,
Unlike US farmers do and always did,,now how can we have a FAIR trade with such tactics?
Those who dont learn from history tend to make same mistakes,protectionist tarrifs will make everything more expensive for the customers..its that simple
Ronald Reagan of free trade
https://youtu.be/Tp1T7kPEdDY