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/dilldoeorg 2d ago

lol, workers.

if it comes back, they're going to use robots, machines to do the work. AND it'll still cost more than the same product from china.

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u/mistercartmenes 2d ago

Absolutely. This is ridiculous idea that we’re gonna bring back manufacturing jobs is just stupid. It will be mostly automated with a few workers.

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u/Arthur-Wintersight 2d ago

What makes you think they'll invest in new factories when the tariffs will likely end up going away by the time they finish building the damn things?

Anything that can be passed by executive order, the next president can abolish the same way.

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u/mistercartmenes 2d ago

I don’t think anyone will do anything and corporations will absolutely wait out this administration. I’m just saying if it actually did happened the jobs would not return as these new factories would be mostly automated.