Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronics
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I honestly can't tell if you're serious. You do know that the vast majority of the chips in all the devices you use are not manufactured in the US? Doubling the prices of the chips imported to manufacture devices here will obviously jack up the prices of those devices
Why wouldn't I be serious? If they're manufactured outside the US then they're obviously not manufactured in the US?
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It’s fucking tariff roulette again. And so it will be for the next 3.5 years. Stupid cunts. Remember to kick a republican in the nuts.
Next 3.5 years if we are lucky.
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Why wouldn't I be serious? If they're manufactured outside the US then they're obviously not manufactured in the US?
I believe they're referring to products made in the USA that contain chips.
As in importing chips would be 100% but importing a product that contains chips would be 15%?
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Fuck computers. They suck anyway
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But, everything is computer.
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I believe they're referring to products made in the USA that contain chips.
As in importing chips would be 100% but importing a product that contains chips would be 15%?
The tariffs only apply to the imported products. That's how tariffs work. If you import components into a US product then you only pay the tariff on those components, not the entire product.
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Huh? No, it's the opposite. You should really look up how tariffs work. They drive up prices for goods manufactured outside the US. Local goods are unaffected, giving them a competitive advantage.
So you're an AI right? Like no real person would believe this
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The tariffs only apply to the imported products. That's how tariffs work. If you import components into a US product then you only pay the tariff on those components, not the entire product.
Sounds like you can save 85% by putting some googly eyes on the chip and calling it a finished product. It’s Chippy, the pointy pet that fits in your pocket.
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My hope is that he signs the pardon before she testifies, and then she burns him down on the stand.
As if she would.. She will just do what she do best, just not for Epstein, but for mr president himself, I fear…
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Next 3.5 years if we are lucky.
The last 6 months have been the longest decade of my life.
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Then there are no US products to affect?
Are you a troll?
Or do you really not get it??
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So you're an AI right? Like no real person would believe this
WTF are you talking about? Did you not go to elementary school?
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Are you a troll?
Or do you really not get it??
I honestly don't get whatever "it" is. Again, if you don't understand what a tariff is, it's very simple to look it up. Don't take my word for it.
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The tariffs only apply to the imported products. That's how tariffs work. If you import components into a US product then you only pay the tariff on those components, not the entire product.
The tariffs only apply to the imported products. That's how tariffs work.
Right.
If you import components into a US product then you only pay the tariff on those components, not the entire product.
Isn't that in agreement with OP? Any products made in USA that contain chips will cost more to make due to the 100% tariff on the chips.
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I honestly don't get whatever "it" is. Again, if you don't understand what a tariff is, it's very simple to look it up. Don't take my word for it.
If there is no alternative from US, the price of that product category as whole will rise, ultimately being paid by US citizens, meaning it is just a hidden tax rise
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Wouldn't this only affect goods manufactured in the USA? If a finished product containing chips from say, Europe, were to land on USA shores it would only have a 15% tariff right?
Why does trump hate American manufacturing?
It's a tax of 100% on chips being imported to the USA, having been manufactured elsewhere. The idea is that it should force companies to set up their own chip manufacturing in the USA. But that's expensive and slow to do, and requires a lot of specialized engineering talent, so US-based electronics companies will somehow have to survive through years of paying twice as much for the chips they build into their products. This will mean significant price increases for Americans buying electronics, as the unavoidable costs are passed on.
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The tariffs only apply to the imported products. That's how tariffs work.
Right.
If you import components into a US product then you only pay the tariff on those components, not the entire product.
Isn't that in agreement with OP? Any products made in USA that contain chips will cost more to make due to the 100% tariff on the chips.
Isn't that in agreement with OP?
No, OP said it only applied to US products. It's applied to all imported products. That's what a tariff is.
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WTF are you talking about? Did you not go to elementary school?
I feel like there must be a miscommunication/misunderstanding here.
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I believe they're referring to products made in the USA that contain chips.
As in importing chips would be 100% but importing a product that contains chips would be 15%?
The real problem seems to be that none of the news articles try to dig into what Trump's vague and ambiguous wording actually means. They just report his nonsense verbatim. Does "building in the USA" mean building chips or building products containing chips?
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My hope is that he signs the pardon before she testifies, and then she burns him down on the stand.
She would not survive that.