• by hilbert42 on 4/16/2025, 1:20:52 PM

    I'm at a compete loss to understand the rationale behind these blanket-coverage tariffs.

    Even if one does not agree with tariffs one can understand putting a tariff on foreign goods that one wants manufacture locally—goods of strategic importance etc. but to penalize local consumers on low-tech day-to-day items that local industry could tool up for at any time without much effort seems counterproductive.

    If tariffs must be implemented then they should be very carefully tailored.

  • by duxup on 4/16/2025, 12:40:51 PM

    It’s like a random number generator at this point.

    No rhyme or reason just shouting larger numbers at the clouds.

  • by suraci on 4/16/2025, 12:50:26 PM

    The Chinese people are suffering from this

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43703166

  • by neuralRiot on 4/16/2025, 8:33:03 PM

    USA faces 245% charges on imported goods from China. FTFY