Posted on 04/14/2025 2:44:14 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
The total tariff shall be:
1. 25%, on aircraft grade aluminum alloys and automotive grade ferrous metal,
2. on national security products [we could and should make],
a. initially 0%, and then increasing by 2% at the start of every IRS quarter month after 2025 to 20%, on
I. industrial level components,
II. any drug for lawful retail sale & consumer use,
III. drug, chemical and plastic industrial inputs, other than refinery hydrocarbons and those for making fertilizer,
VI. semiconductors,
V. solar cells and panels,
VI. basic rare earth element products other than ore,
3. 0%, on
a. other raw materials, including coffee beans, fertilizers and their precursors,
base metals, electricity, raw & refined hydrocarbon products,
when vended without resale or short leash supply restriction,
b. foodstuffs, when sourced from a country for which the Secretary of Agriculture justly holds in good standing
for lack of undue impediment on import of US agricultural products generally vendable in the USA,
4. tariffs paid on section 1 and 2 imports, except from China,
may creditable on a one-to-one basis after bona fide export of manufactured products containing them
via any optional scheme the Secretary of Commerce may allow a bona fide manufacturing exporter to participate in.
The base tariff, on all imports not assigned a total tariff, shall be:
1. 20%, on items of a type that have been sold at retail that can be made and packaged by automated equipment,
2. 10%, on any other product,
3. 200%, on a service such as gambling or pornography historically banned by law, or
4. 10%, on any other service.
The base tariff for a particular import shall be:
1. increased 2% per dollar as estimated by the Secretary of Commerce,
on the industry wage shortfall of a key source country compared to the USA,
up to 20%, but levied only if the country is industrially advanced,
2. increased by the percentage of the latest 12-month US<->international commercial cash flow US shortfall,
excluding most raw material transactions, as to be estimated by the Secretary of Commerce, up to
a. 10%, if the key source country is industrially advanced,
b. 5%, otherwise,
3. increased by the percentage of the latest 12-month US<->the key source country commercial cash flow US shortfall,
excluding most raw material transactions, as to be estimated by the Secretary of Commerce, of up to
a. 10%, if the key source country is industrially advanced,
b. 5%, otherwise,
4. adjusted based on the latest 12-month US<->foreign exchange rate change,
as to be computed at least annually by the Secretary of Commerce, with
a. proportional addition by up to 5%, when unfavorable to the US dollar,
b. proportional reduction by up to 5%, when favorable to the US dollar, but to not less than 10% tariff,
5. as directed by the President of the United States and otherwise allowed by law,
adjusted based on domestic producer profitability, by industry and/or product type,
except when the import is a garment from a country that is not industrially advanced,
or contains intellectual property of key value significance,
as shall be calculated by the Secretary of Commerce, with
I. a 10% addition, no domestic producer of product or service type,
II. addition of calculated percentage that is less than 10%,
III. reduction by calculated percentage that is less than 10%, but to not less than 10% tariff.
For tariff purposes, a country is to be considered industrially advanced if it:
1. exports vehicles sold in the USA, other than motorcycles, which can be driven on a federal interstate highway,
2. produces an aircraft, or more than 10% of an aircraft by value, when such aircraft is certified by the FAA,
3. enriches uranium,
4. produces weapons for export to the USA which had a listed import value in excess of $100 million
in a prior 12-month period less than 24 months past,
5. is considered as such by the Secretary of Commerce for reasonable cause.
There shall be no tariff on bartered items internal to a motor vehicle organization, bartered beverage exchange system, or other barter system approved for tariff exemption by and justly held in good standing with the Secretary of Commerce.
[Certain dollar amounts on apparel, electronic and stuff typically sold below any possible US production amount
should be tariff exempt, not never the whole item regardless of cost. We don't need to be importing $1,000 cellphones that
could be made in the USA for far less.]
The Secretary of Commerce may by regulation provide tariff exemptions up to the following amounts:
1. $100 on a laptop or personal computer
2. $60 on a smartphone
3. 10 cents per square inch of LCD screen
4. $45 per hard disk drive
5. $1 per first GB of solid-state memory and 20 cents for each additional GB
6. $5 on a shirt, blouse or dress
7. $4 on a pair of pants or skirt
8. $1 on an undergarment
9. $15 on a suit
10. 10 cents per inch of sewing, up to $2 on shoes and any other garment including dolls clothing
11. 80% of the genuine wholesale value of material in a garment
12. 90% of the genuine wholesale value of precious metal in an item of jewelry
13. such amounts on kitchen appliances that do not exceed
80% of values of competitively priced basic models as of June 1, 2023
14. such amounts on hand tools, powered and unpowered, that do not exceed
80% of values of competitively priced basic models as of June 1, 2023.
The Secretary of Commerce or any federal judge shall refuse admission to the US to products whose ability to be supplied to the US market might be the result of a coercive technology transfer agreement, patent infringement or technology or trade secret theft.
Way too complex and way too open to loopholes.
Basing the tariffs on the trade imbalances makes much more sense.
Thanks for thinking. It does seem complex and subjective. Who will oversee and enforce compliance?
Are you a Progressive plant? This is the government agencies full employment act.
Trump could reassign 87,000 IRS agents to monitor this. 😁
“It does seem complex”
I’ve read that NAFTA is over a thousand pages.
“This is the government agencies full employment act”
via any optional scheme the Secretary of Commerce may allow a bona fide manufacturing exporter to participate in
as directed by the President of the United States and otherwise allowed by law,
approved for tariff exemption by...the Secretary of Commerce
All that requires two people.
“excluding most raw material transactions”
That is mainly so Canada doesn’t get whacked for exporting oil to us so we can export oil from Texas and Louisiana.
Better five extra words than 30 million angry Canadians.
“The Secretary of Commerce may by regulation provide tariff exemptions up to the following amounts”
And he might not.
by regulation & up to gives him freedom to prevent scams, such as sticking defective GB chips into stuff where no GB chip is needed
“initially 0%, and then increasing by 2% at the start of every IRS quarter month after 2025 to 20%”
Why not a simple 25%?
So companies have time to adapt to the new scheme.
Every three months Uncle Sam will nudge a bit harder.
“Who will oversee and enforce compliance?”
Most tariff things are probably done based on trust by USCIS, with spot checks.
The importer fills out a form online and hits the ENTER key.
Every single thing you listed will need to be precisely defined and codified into law. It all will need inspection and enforcement. Every step in that process will require government agencies employees. Then let’s add the small army of inspectors. All of which will be subject to regulatory capture, litigation, and lobbyist.
“5. as directed by the President of the United States and otherwise allowed by law,”
That would allow the President to protect the steel and auto industry.
14 words - tens of thousands of jobs
“Every step in that process will require government agencies employees.”
I, the CEO of General Motors, do certify, under penalty of law....
Such certification, like your banking, would be password secured.
Chinese Fentanyl Precursors Ltd.
....China
Brian Griffin
1 Sunny Lane
Sweatville, FL 34001
Things coming in need to get checked, from trusted shippers, rarely, from untrusted shippers, very often.
The base tariff for a particular import shall be:
1. increased 2% per dollar...
on the industry wage shortfall of a key source country
2. increased by...US<->international commercial cash flow US shortfall,
3. increased by the percentage of the latest 12-month US<->the key source country commercial cash flow US shortfall
4. adjusted based on the latest 12-month US<->foreign exchange rate change
5. as directed by the President of the United States..
adjusted based on domestic producer profitability
I’m adding industrial wage shortfall[1], Presidential industry protection[5], considering trade imbalances both with the source country[3] and all foreign countries[2].
Why [4]? So countries like the UK have built-in protection against George Soros-type currency speculators.
Warplanes, tanks, ships, watches and many systems need to be able to take a licking and keep on ticking.
I’m proposing a system that is pretty much self-adjusting so the rules can be counted on for years to come.
lol. Certify what? It’s the classification that counts no that certification.
Do you hear about small transit vans from Ford imported with seats and carpet was less tariff (it was classified as a car) than the same van with no seats or carpet (that’s classified as a truck).
The tariff solution? Either lobby to change the classification of the truck to a car or order the car and strip out the seats and carpet after custom’s clearance.
You obviously are naive or have never dealt with tariffs. Or even government agencies. Though I’m sure you have the best of intentions.
One of my classifications is “motor vehicle”.
car or van, no classification problem
There’s no “motor vehicle” classification problem
even if you are Fred Flintstone driving Barney Rubble to work.
Yousers! I went to your home page and see you’ve planned out this level of minute rules for many other political issues!
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