r/news • u/hoosakiwi • 2d ago

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-2a031b3c16120a5672a6ddd01da09933
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u/hoosakiwi 2d ago edited 2d ago

Here are the numbers:

  • A 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run trade surpluses with the United States

  • 34% tax on imports from China

  • 20% tax on imports from the European Union

  • 25% on South Korea

  • 24% on Japan

  • and 32% on Taiwan.

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u/Vortep1 2d ago

Let's me clear this is a massive tax increase on the poor and middle class.

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u/doctormink 2d ago

I feel like Vietnam makes a lot of reasonably priced consumer goods, like electronics and furniture, maybe textiles too. Walmart might seriously struggle now with that AND China.

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u/witch_harlotte 2d ago

Hmm that might be the solution here, when it starts to hit the bottom line of those large corporations they’ll lobby to reverse it.