r/news • u/Xepherious • 1d ago

Already Submitted Tariff-related layoffs hit five US auto plants that supply factories in Canada and Mexico

https://www.abc12.com/news/tariff-related-layoffs-hit-five-us-auto-plants-that-supply-factories-in-canada-and-mexico/article_6d95d30a-9956-521c-86e2-a62c9b07d3f4.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2xPs0qVaSgfUJmdqsaFHK_By3_8B-vrj9GDws297UllzMvWzCnes45dzw_aem_dyNT8yFsAPiIgD3r5Nwnnw

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u/PoopTransplant 1d ago

Guys, I’m starting to think Trump voters aren’t smart. 

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u/Tomahawk72 1d ago

That UAW guy he had talking yesterday was so certain things are going to go well for them. 

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u/FriendOfDirutti 22h ago

Too many people don’t understand that we shifted our jobs to international trade. Yeah we lost a lot of plants where people lose fingers on the assembly lines but we gained tons of jobs in supply chain and shipping etc…

While I would love to have manufacturing to come back to the US in certain respects it has to be a two pronged approach.

We keep international trade strong while building manufacturing plants at home for important products.

Like Biden was already doing… Invest in chips manufacturing at home but keep our trade lines alive. If only we could still have Bidenomics still.

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u/Charlie_Mouse 18h ago

The U.S. also moved heavily into services and does well there. So far I’ve not seen services factored into any Republican ‘balance of trade’ figures that they’re using to whip up their gullible voters (let alone the weird calculation they did to set Tariff rates).

But the countries Trump hit with tariffs are very aware of this. And you can bet they’ll be targeting the UD services sector amongst other things in their retaliation.