Posted on 08/06/2025 7:08:06 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
India imposes about 10,000 “tariff lines” to about 7000 tariff lines on us versus us on them.
Plus many Indian tarriffs are very heavy like:
100% on our rice
70% on cars
50% on apples
Source GROK and project 2025
No matter what criticism I give to India someone on FR ALWAYS defends them.🫤
India doesn't tariff the US specifically , those are the tariffs on those products. For all countries. Other than any FTA's. Tariffing generally versus tariff singling out countries are different. If the US has a 20, 50 or a 70% tariff for all countries for a particular product, there would be no discrimination and no argument.
This whole thing is daft because it is unnecessary. India will remember this slight. Most Indians , to this day, remember that the US sent its 7th fleet to intimidate India in the 1971 war with Pakistan which resulted in the birth of Bangladesh. Didn't work then but put India-US relations in a cold freeze for 30 years. A similar chill will result now. Any idea that India might help the US in the event of China invading Taiwan just went out of the window. QUAD too. The Chinese must be delighted. They even get to have a Xi-Modi-Putin meet the end of this month, with Modi visiting China after 7 years.
Thanks for your insight.
I honestly believe Trump is misusing tariffs.
“I honestly believe Trump is misusing tariffs.”
I honestly believe Trump is using tariffs perfectly.
hmmmmm ... that’s one vote in favor
..................one vote against
a tie ... what to do... what to do ?
Go have a beer?
This punitive tariff does give rise to the question of whether they fall into the scope of the IEEPA. To me a plain reading of the text is that it does not.
oooo trying to take me out eh?
seems a bit extreme for a deference of opinion ...
hmmmm ... or maybe you just don't know I have
DIE A BEE TEEs
I could sit and watch you drink a frosty cold beverage ..
but ... I would probably drown in my on slobber, thinking about that bite in the back of my throat and sensation of those bubbles ..... hmmmm
nope ... I see now ... torture me is your plan eh ? ...
I'll never submit.
and if I did I would have to face my wife ... I shudder to think.
Of course you know I'm kidding, right?
But there are some round here who are that extreme over a difference of opinion.
As for the tariffs ...
I know we are on the razors edge with this stuff ...
A re-balancing of the global order is not a simple task.
But I can see the long term goal ... I can't however see all of the short term moves.
I trust Trump.
Either he makes it work.... gets it done ..
or we will all be eating out of survival food buckets.
So .. I just cinch up my saddle and ride.
maybe you could drink one for me....hmmm
Yes, I know you are kidding. You can face your wife with a clear conscience and a blood sugar reading withing range.
I too trust Trump for the most part. But I do have misgivings at times. Which I am perhaps too impatient to have corrected.
I also have the Shugah Diuhbetus.
“the Shugah Diuhbetus.”
Well leave that beer alone buddy
We need every man on the field as long as possible.
Stay healthy ... stay strong .... stay safe
and may God bless.
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