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Er actually the increases followed the tariffs on LG and Samsung (Trumps target). About 2 weeks after LG and Samsung went up, US made Whirlpool, GE, and Frigidaire followed suit 50 to 100 dollars a unit.
Dishwashers and Fridges have been creeping up but not nearly as much and there are still nice bargains available. The cheapo special washer used to be 299.00 most of the time, it is now 379.00 most of the time... but with a dishwasher you can get a NICE stainless interior dishwasher for 399.00 in white or black still if you shop the right sale. 449 with a stainless front. A bit higher on the stainless but the white and black are the same.
Source: Have been selling appliances nearly 11 years.
Yes we have a load of free trade agreements ourselves, free to import to the US, tough if not impossible to export to other countries. This is the reason for our thousands of empty factories, stagnant wages, and a 600 BILLION dollar trade deficit.
Notice down there in the second chart shown of countries with the LOWEST tariffs...…..The U.S. is NOT on the chart while that "security threat" and dastardly unfair trading partner; Canada IS with an overall rate of tariff exactly HALF that of the U.S.
You should also have noticed that the EU overall tariff rate is exactly the same as the U.S.'s.
Costs for things Americans sell to other countries are going to go up.
That's a given.
Meanwhile, other nations are signing free trade agreements.
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The former secretary of state told Dickerson that she has "called for a trade prosecutor to report directly to the president," and warned of people that take advantage of our markets.
"We need to be much more affirmative in stopping them from doing that." She said.
"Since 2001, we have lost almost 60,000 factories and millions of good-paying jobs," Sanders said, adding, "I'm not saying trade is the only reason, but it is a significant reason why Americans are working longer hours for low wages and why we are seeing our jobs go to China and other low-wage countries."
Just helping some of you out that have suddenly developed amnesia on this topic.
A lot of Trump's base shop at Walmart.
With Trump's $50 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods, prices at Walmart are going up.
Wait until the Trump Base finds out they are paying a hidden TAX INCREASE. A tariff is nothing more than a border tax.
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