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Trump’s steel tariffs are hated by almost every US Industry
MSN/Vox ^ | 3-8-2018 | Alexia Fernández Campbell

Posted on 03/08/2018 4:00:58 PM PST by tcrlaf

Business leaders from nearly every American industry are furious with President Trump right now.

They’ve been pressuring his administration to back off from its plan to add steep tariffs on importedsteel and aluminum, which are used to make everything from cars to boats and even soup cans.

But the president has waved off their concerns. On Thursday afternoon, Trump is expected to sign an order directing the Commerce Department to add the 25 percent levy on steel and the 10 percent levy on aluminum. He did say, however, that his administration will exempt Canada and Mexico from the tariffs for a while.

The US steel industry is quite happy about the tariffs.

Almost everyone else is upset.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ignorance; steel; tariff; trump; trumptariffs
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To: tcrlaf

Especially the Fake News™ industry.


81 posted on 03/09/2018 3:52:20 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: tcrlaf

If the author’s LinkedIn page is sccurate, she’s a dual citizen, US and Mexico. And a real flaming lefty.

Nuff said, eh?


82 posted on 03/09/2018 3:53:36 AM PST by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Bryanw92

Despite Fox’s resident unicorn lover Greg Gutfield’s lamentations to the contrary, the Conservative vs Liberal war is over. The real battle is globalist vs. nationalist. Or American Patriots vs. The World if you prefer.


83 posted on 03/09/2018 3:53:49 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: jaz.357

Steel and aluminum are no. 1 and no. 2 most recycled material on earth.


84 posted on 03/09/2018 3:54:51 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: RedMonqey

It’s an upside down world. Liberals hate and fear Russians and are pro big globalist business. The exact opposite of what liberal were the Cold War.


85 posted on 03/09/2018 3:56:55 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: FourtySeven
I think the problem might be that the US steel industry isn’t what it used to be, so US supply may quickly be outstripped by demand. Which would erase any benefit by buying US made steel.

What Free Traitors want you to believe is that the supply function is static and no new domestic suppliers will EVER come on line. Despite their best efforts to the contrary brand new factories are still being built in the USA all the time. Not as many as are closed mind you but the situation is dynamic and not static. With more domestic supply will mean pressure to reduce prices.

The mental midgets we lovingly call Free Traitors are some of the stupidest people on earth.

86 posted on 03/09/2018 4:00:59 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Para-Ord.45
Speaking of, POTUS declares tariffs on Chinese steel, days later North Korea begs to talk and give up their nuclear weapons. Coincidence I’m sure.

IMO, totally unrelated. Kimmie boy is out of money having depleted his reserves and the Trump Administration was successful in tightening the economic noose around his throat so successfully that absent any incoming money at all, Kimmie was actually getting hungry for a change. Perhaps he dropped a few pounds and got scared too.

What the Nork's have discovered is they cannot bully PDJT the way they did past Democrat and Republican Presidents and they don't have a choice but to start behaving.

The tariff's themselves had zero impact on the Nork's other than to send the message that this President says what he means, and means what he says when he says "America first!"

That's NOT something the Nork's have experienced in the last 50+ years.

The times, they are a changin'.....

87 posted on 03/09/2018 4:01:33 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Grampa Dave

That is for now. As more domestic supplies of steel and aluminum come online that increase in cost will go down. This is the starting point - not the end.


88 posted on 03/09/2018 4:03:04 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: NutsOnYew
Why don't you know about tariffs? The information is readily available. Here's a link.

Trade and tariff maps

EDUCATE YOURSELF NOW! If you use this map you will quickly see that the rest of the world is VERY PROTECTIONIST. Ignorance is killing us.

89 posted on 03/09/2018 4:09:47 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Go Gordon

Tariffs a real and permanent. We need them. They are not a chip or trick.


90 posted on 03/09/2018 4:11:40 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Paladin2
I added a new circuit and GFCI outlet to my bathroom. I bought the GFCI outlet at Lowes. When I get home and get ready to install the outlet is says Made in China stuck to the outlet. The Made in China was not on the outside of the box it came in. I had to take it back and go to a real electrical supply place to get one I could trust. If you count the time I wasted I should of have called a electrician to do it.

See, the globalists are f---ing us in so many unseen ways.

91 posted on 03/09/2018 4:17:21 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: lepton
What Free Traitors want you to believe is that the supply function is static and no new domestic suppliers will EVER come on line. Despite their best efforts to the contrary brand new factories are still being built in the USA all the time. Not as many as are closed mind you but the situation is dynamic and not static. With more domestic supply will mean pressure to reduce prices.

The mental midgets we lovingly call Free Traitors are some of the stupidest people on earth.

92 posted on 03/09/2018 4:19:17 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: DoodleDawg
Aren't countries going to say if you want to export to us you have to demonstrate being open to our exports as well?

It depends...how large are their markets, how high are their existing trade barriers, and how big is their trade imbalance with the United States?

Vietnam isn't going to wield much leverage in that negotiation because its market is too small. Neither is China because their trade imbalance with the United States is so great. In addition, both have high barriers to their domestic markets.

Countries which maintain greater parity in trade with the United States and/or have less barriers to US exports are going to be more valuable to the US and thus have more leverage in negotiations.

When it becomes apparent to other countries that Trump means business, and opening their markets and shrinking their trade imbalances with the United States is the best way to gain access to the US market, the export orders will flow.

93 posted on 03/09/2018 5:00:12 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: DoodleDawg
And what about our export market? Aren't countries going to say if you want to export to us you have to demonstrate being open to our exports as well?

Remember Smoooooot!!!!!

94 posted on 03/09/2018 5:45:48 AM PST by itsahoot (There will be division, as long as there is money to be divided.)
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To: central_va

Now, now, remember Smoot-Hawley

95 posted on 03/09/2018 5:57:40 AM PST by itsahoot (There will be division, as long as there is money to be divided.)
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To: central_va

>>Despite Fox’s resident unicorn lover Greg Gutfield’s lamentations to the contrary, the Conservative vs Liberal war is over. The real battle is globalist vs. nationalist. Or American Patriots vs. The World if you prefer.

I agree. That’s our version of “woke”. It’s our red pill. Once a person gets that, everything changes.


96 posted on 03/09/2018 1:49:25 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: Bryanw92
I agree. That’s our version of “woke”. It’s our red pill. Once a person gets that, everything changes.

Once you get "it" you can never go back. The world doesn't look the same to a Patriot.

97 posted on 03/10/2018 5:42:47 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: central_va

Patting your self on the back for sunshine patriotism is not patriotism


98 posted on 03/10/2018 5:47:48 AM PST by Thibodeaux (The FISA judge is corrupt)
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To: Thibodeaux
Patting your self on the back for sunshine patriotism is not patriotism

A traitor like you would know.

99 posted on 03/10/2018 5:57:02 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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