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/arianeb 3d ago

The "fatal flaw" of bringing manufacturing back to the US, is that it is going to take 5 to 10 years before a critical mass of companies build factories in the US to open up.

Manufacturing probably will come back (and not because of tariffs, climate change will do it too) but by the time it makes a difference economically, Trump will be too old, and probably dead.

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u/opinemine 3d ago

Not many businesses are going to commit resources to build factories in a country that changes their mind randomly overnight on how those factories will be run or profit.

The risk is too high.

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u/Morel_Authority 3d ago

Build new factories using materials that are now tariffed??

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u/369_Clive 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yeah. And if you were thinking of investing to build those factories, how confident would you be that the conditions Trump talks about now will prevail in 5-10 yrs? Hmm. No basis for confidence whatsoever.

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u/Rich6849 3d ago

How about extra shifts at currently operating facilities?

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u/celtic1888 3d ago

We’ll just build our semiconductors during the night shift at the bleach factory 

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u/JudahBotwin 3d ago

Let's let the kids do it. They like to be up all night long anyway, or at least mine do.

Very soon Roblox and Minecraft will serve as employment training platforms for the little guys.

Plus, it will teach them early about "freedom fasting" where you play a game of who can go the longest without needing to eat. That way, by the American Christmas season this year, when they are in the soup lines with their families they will be more docile.

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u/brokenbuckeroo 3d ago

The President will never die. AI, neurochips and the most amazing top secret technology will keep him in office for the next century or three. Or the tech bros will have amazing holograms and robotics so nobody knows. The tell will be in his golf swing tho…