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The reason that these companies whine is because they are greedy corporatists. If they could make us all third world slaves working in horrible conditions just to make our sole purpose in existing to make them richer, they would.
Well if everyone was a slave that would mean none of us would earn any money. How would the corporatists as you call them make any money? Who would be buying the products we made for them?
As you are I expect aware that is do to some specific program in Washington state. In NV the installation of solar is marginal with the 30% Federal subsidy. The sales pitch is that utility charges are going up over 50% in the next 20 years which is of course also hogwash. The utilities will make out much better from solar than the rooftop consumer.
I would think the Chinese industry simply has enough advantage of size and technology that it is unlikely that we or anyone else is going to catch up. That was driven by the Chinese decision to strongly support and subsidize the industry over the last decades. At this point it is unlikely that other states will be able to catch up. There are some possibilities in such areas as casting rather than growing and slicing and exotic device structures providing increased efficiency. Very long shot though.
And there is every reason to believe that the decision does damage the installation industry. Might make some sense if coupled with a strong push to assist the local cell manufacturing industry. Have seen no sign of that however. Doubt it is workable after the Solyandra debacle.
If so, perhaps we can try and come up with something better than solar so that we can make the Chinese look like asses and be stuck with outdated technology that is losing market.
1.) I thought only Congress could impose tariffs. How was Trump able to do this all by himself?
2.) He's imposing it on imports here. Not on our exports or on making it here. How are jobs being lost HERE for it?
3.) China happens to be supporting Rocket Man in North Korea, so if we hurt their economy with this, maybe they'll do something about him.
4.) I thought you liberals all hated the Chinese stuff and whined about Chinese labor practices and offshoring to China. By doing this, he has made it more difficult for companies to offshore to China and then sell stuff here.
Liberals would love this, if it was not Trump doing it. Seeing Trump fail is their Dream and Fantasy world they live in. You can't fix that mental deficit.
Samsung is a South Korean Company, Kia/ Hyundai too.
Each has manufacturing plants in the US.
After this tariff, how many jobs will be lost in the US?
None. Actually it could make more Jobs. If there Companies have to pay a Tariff on their Imports, they may gear up more and make more Cars here so they don't have to pay an Import Tariff. These people aren't dumb, and neither is Trump. Trump is a Business man and knows what he is doing here.
It's Chinese crap that breaks....I've had to repair it several times. I'm happy Apple is bringing manufacturing back to the US so we'll get better quality.
Lol, do you even know what that means. Do you mean final assembly? The chips in your phone come from myriad of companies/countries. That's not going to change. Some stuff is made by American companies elsewhere, some stuff is made by foreign companies elsewhere, some by foreign here, and yes, some by US companies here. None of this is going to change.
You drop things, they break. Back in the day with the removable batteries, the phone and battery fly apart, absorbing a lot of the energy. Maybe you should get a phone like that instead of complaining where it is made.
Tariffs will at least make us more price competitive.
Such protectionism has never worked.
Free market is what has made this country great.
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