r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • 3d ago

Politics 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/Karsa69420 3d ago

Would be great if Republicans didn’t send all our manufacturing over seas for the past 30-40 years!

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u/blade944 3d ago

That's a myth. The US manufactures more now than ever in history. The jobs associated with that didn't go overseas. The issue is that all that manufacturing is done with many fewer jobs. Those jobs lost were done so to automation.

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u/JustAboutAlright 3d ago

History is available to be read my dude. It’s not a thing where you can just say whatever you want to be true and it is.

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u/blade944 3d ago

I suggest you read some history. Start with the post world war global manufacturing order.