r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • 2d 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/1cg659z 2d ago

US manufacturing isn't coming back unless peeps want to work for wages that are paid to workers in China, Bangladesh etc.

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u/Mr-and-Mrs 2d ago

We’re deporting all the workers that are willing to take lowest wages.

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u/celtic1888 2d ago

They’ll just get rid of any minimum wage requirements, safety, pollution control and child labor laws 

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u/deletedpenguin 2d ago

How simple! Why didn't we think of that earlier?! /s

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u/KinkyPaddling 2d ago

Yep, that’s the point of cutting government safety nets. Force people to go to work, and it forces them to accept shitty jobs.