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The importer pays the tariff. If you personally are the importer, then you pay the tariff. If you're buying the item off the shelf at Walmart, then Walmart (as the importer) will have paid the tariff and you see the effect of that in the price... -
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Here's a fact. People have been complaining about "jobs going overseas". for many years. The reason jobs "went overseas" is because manufacturing was cheaper overseas. The reason manufacturing is cheaper overseas is because labor is cheaper... -
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He certainly has. Remember, all during his election campaign he kept telling us how he considers "tariff" to be the most beautiful word in the dictionary. So it's no surprise that he's now applying tariffs against every other country...
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Used properly, tariffs are not intended to harm your own citizens. The intent is to discourage your citizens from buying foreign products, and instead encourage them to purchase homegrown products to support your own industries. The question...
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That's what the Trump strategy is relying on. The "billions, and billions, and billions" to Make America Great Again will be coming out of your pocket. If there's no domestic production to replace those imported foreign goods (drones, bananas...