(11-26-2024, 04:05 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(11-26-2024, 01:53 PM)copycat Wrote: You just witnessed how a proposed tariff was used as leverage to achieve a desired outcome.  Turned out exactly as many “Trumpster’s” predicted it would and still you doubt the effectiveness the tariff as a bargaining chip.

I thought Trump was going to put tariffs on in order to raise the price of imported goods and help American manufacturers.  

That's not true now?

Can there be more than one facet to how tariffs will be used?

XYZ corp see’s tariffs coming for products made in Taiwan raising the cost to do business there.  Makes a deal with the US Gov to delay tariffs imposed on them while they build a new facility in Tennessee.

Will the cost of good go up for all Americans?  Certainly.  Will the country be better off when manufacturing returns to our soil providing good jobs for those willing to work? Certainly.

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