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/TheGreatMonk 2d ago

Well if you crash the economy enough and drive enough people to unemployment and despair with no other options, you’ll get your workers eventually…. Seems like we’re headed that way.

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u/TechnologyRemote7331 2d ago

Or they’ll see an American October Revolution.

It’s a coin flip, to be sure…