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Economy Trump's April 2nd Tariffs

As a bystander, I think you could measure from an agreed period in the future to an agreed point before tariffs were even tabled, so perhaps before Trump's presidency began. The reasoning is that markets had already costed some of the tariffs into their predictions.

Just don’t know why use S&P as a marker, rather than actual economic growth across the board. And rather than inflation, could use like real wage growth, which incorporates inflation, among other factors.

The fact that this isn't true.

I can't speak to other countries, but Australia has a free trade agreement which makes 99.9% of all trade between our countries tariff free. Australia also historically has a trade deficit with the US. Australia is a firm long term ally of the US and yet is being tariffed.

As a general observation, the methodology is also nothing to do with reciprocity and more to do with trade deficits. You can look up their method and realise that it is just not true.

His admin stated the incorporate climate regulations, etc. that maybe China doesn’t have to follow cause considered third world, etc.

If you look at agricultural regulations, you may find your answer

You can actually see here they have a 10% from not a tariff, but other trade regulation duty, which is waived by paying a large fee. Small businesses may not be able to cover upfront.

 
That Trump quote is from Dec 2021. What you are essentially doing is playing a hyper specific semantic game. He didn’t use the exact words stop the spread. He said the vaccine would end Covid and if you take it you are protected. Do you think those two statements are true and if not why is that better than using the term stop the spread?

It's simple, because the narrative in the media from clowns like Rachel Maddow and CNN was that the vax stopped the spread and if you didn't get vaxxed you were contributing to the spread of covid and this made you an inconsiderate citizen and enemy of the state who should lose their job and get their bank account frozen (Canada)



I was taking about retards like this^^^^ and that clown @Hellowhosthat quoted me and his post tried to put Trump in the same box as Rachel Maddow firstly because he's not very smart and lastly because he argues like a sniveling rat. There still isn't a single video of Trump saying it would stop the spread.

Like I said the same clowns crying about the tarriffs are the same people who got vaxxed 5x because they thought it would stop the spread and the same people who said Ukraine was winning and that every country in Europe should continue supporting them at any cost even if it meant economic destruction.

Now these same clowns are crying about these tarriffs. The inverse retard indicator is one of the best tools for such situaitons.
 
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This doesn't make sense. The US buying a lot of stuff from poor countries helps those countries... Putting tariffs on those countries hurts them.

That's a republican view or at least thats whatvthe democrats complain about, are you sure your a liberal or democrat.

Depends on the product being imported as to i support this.
 
How about will Q4 have 4% growth or better, with significant manufacturing increases? That being a better indication to me of the economy
That would work for me. What metric for measuring manufacturing increase?

I’m sure one exists. I just can’t think of what it would be or in which report.
 
Just don’t know why use S&P as a marker, rather than actual economic growth across the board. And rather than inflation, could use like real wage growth, which incorporates inflation, among other factors.



His admin stated the incorporate climate regulations, etc. that maybe China doesn’t have to follow cause considered third world, etc.

If you look at agricultural regulations, you may find your answer

You can actually see here they have a 10% from not a tariff, but other trade regulation duty, which is waived by paying a large fee. Small businesses may not be able to cover upfront.


FYI this refers to GST, which is not a trade or import tariff/tax, and is applied to every business including Australian businesses. It is like a sales tax but simpler. There is no fee you can pay to waive it, the $75,000 refers to turnover, under which you don't need to register for GST - ie. if you run a lemonade stand you don't need to register for tax purposes.

No foreign companies are being unfairly targeted since Australian companies pay the same.
 
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Man what are you even talking about. You been drinking?

The left is always going on about designer shoes and such being made by "slave labor" overseas and how conservative righ love it and get richer by it.
 
The left is always going on about designer shoes and such being made by "slave labor" overseas and how conservative righ love it and get richer by it.
You do realize differences in wages are not 100% tied to labor conditions? You're attempts to be self-righteous are falling flat. And regardless, what Trump is doing is going to cause way more harm to everyone, well off and poor, than localized working conditions.
 
That would work for me. What metric for measuring manufacturing increase?

I’m sure one exists. I just can’t think of what it would be or in which report.

Will get back to you soon on that, will think of something, like looking at manufacturing jobs under Biden, so something in line with that and actual GDP growth.
 
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The left is always going on about designer shoes and such being made by "slave labor" overseas and how conservative righ love it and get richer by it.
There's a thing in UK shops called fair trade, the product costs slightly more, but the producers agree not to employ child labour and pay a decent wage for that country and conditions of employment. For this they can get paid a premium rate compared to competitors. It's a good system, tarrifing the nuts out of a country so their product is more expensive loses sales, less income to develop that country's trade and prosperity, and costs jobs there, it's a dumb fuckin idea because if that product were able to be produced in the states, chances are it will be big agriculture for example that rely on immigrant labour cos Americans won't work for shit pay and poor conditions. There's also thousands of more products that aren't able to be produced in America, or if they are, the raw materials aren't available and tarrifs would apply to their import.
 
You do realize differences in wages are not 100% tied to labor conditions? You're attempts to be self-righteous are falling flat. And regardless, what Trump is doing is going to cause way more harm to everyone, well off and poor, than localized working conditions.
And it will hit the poor and working class especially hard. It's faux outrage you are listening to.
 
I meant pre covid vaccine release not pre covid.

show me one video of Trump directly saying it will stop the spread.

Your post was from when the vaccine was just released and people were following faucis lies.


The morons I was talking about were those who were saying the vaccine would stop the spread in 2022, 2 years after the vaccine was released.
 
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