Comment on US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoHonestly didn’t know that. Could you point me to a source where I can read more about it?
Comment on US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoHonestly didn’t know that. Could you point me to a source where I can read more about it?
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
en.wikipedia.org/…/China–United_States_trade_war
2x Trunp’s tarriff on solar panels, 3+x on evs, +25% on aluminum, batteries, and more
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thanks for sharing!
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not at all the same. That started as targeted tariffs as punishment for accusations of unfair trade. Tariffs have been frequently used in the past and targeted tariffs can be an important tool for specific types of trade issues. It did escalate into a trade war which didn’t help anyone, but with one specific country.
That’s not at all the same as widespread tariffs, including starting trade wars against important allies and trade partners
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
That’s the same bullshit justification Trump used. If the dems genuinely opposed with Trump’s trade war, they would have undone all his tariffs.
Luxyr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
There might be a valid argument somewhere in there that constantly changing the trade policy is worse than keeping a bad one in place? Not sure the trade-off there though. If you know you have a certain tariff in place long term, you can work around that and the tariff can actually do the things it is intended to do. If the tariff changes on a whim, you can’t and the country just becomes a more risky proposition to do business with.