HD acted too quickly. Most of the time the impact of tariffs takes years to filter down, and in this case especially when we know Trump is using them as a negotiating tool to get better trade deals with our key trading partners, it is precipitous to react so early. In fact I suspect HD is using the tariffs as an excuse to pull production out of the US that they’ve wanted to do anyway, as those decisions are not made overnight. This isn’t the first time they’ve threatened and maybe it’s time to let them go and maybe feel some pain.
Are HD customers more closely associated with Trump’s America First policy than globalism?
Harley is hardly the only V twin kid on the American block, with Indian and Victory and no name customs.
Why would Harley need to move all overseas? Build export models overseas.
It’s so much about borrowing the image than knotty issues of trade policy today.
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