Trade Wars and Tariffs

[General Jack]

As almost all of Trump's cabinet and advisors

It takes a clown to subject oneself to being so frequently undercut and sabotaged - often publicly - amid trump's lurching and often fantastically unrealistic whims.

 

[dalton_vol]

As almost all of Trump's cabinet and advisors

They're still better than you communists that we're in charge

 

[dalton_vol]

"I vote Republican because they're good with the economy!"

Lol, troll on

 

[dalton_vol]

Markets up 12% from the last time you posted about the markets thinking it was tanking.

exactly.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

They're still better than you communists that we're in charge

I've never served in an administration. The only people I know who have served in an administration are Mark Esper, who I have known for 40 years, and Rex Tillerson, who was a colleague of my brother at Exxon for a number of years. I don't think either one of them are communists. Maybe you know better

 

[utvolpj]

It takes a clown to subject oneself to being so frequently undercut and sabotaged - often publicly - amid trump's lurching and often fantastically unrealistic whims.

I think he's just a clown without that

He believes withholding the checks could help flush out fraudulent claimants.

“Let's say Social Security didn't send out their checks this month, my mother-in-law — who's 94 — she wouldn't call and complain,” Lutnick said on the business and tech podcast All-In. “She'd just think something I messed up and she’d get it next month. A fraudster always makes the loudest noise, screaming, yelling and complaining.”

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

The evil Japanese are taking over America again. #80sFlashbacks

As long as they bring their women and turn them loose... I'm good with it.

 

[General Jack]

 

[bamawriter]

Apparently the negotiations with the Japanese have hit a snag...
...because the American negotiators don't know what they're trying to accomplish.

The presence of three top U.S. negotiators with differing stances on trade is adding a layer of complexity to tariff talks with Japan.

Open disagreements, competition and confusion among Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer have made it hard for the Japanese side to judge the Trump administration’s intentions, according to sources close to the negotiations.

“At one point, the three cabinet officials put the talks with the Japanese side on hold and began debating right in front of them,” said one source.

Bessent, Lutnick and Greer keep Japan guessing in US tariff talks

Differing views on trade by Trump's negotiating team frustrate Tokyo

asia.nikkei.com

 

[Velo Vol]

Ah, well I'm sure the China decoupling will occur soon. Maybe next week.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

We really need to be domestically producing most of the rare earth products that we depend on. It’s not good policy to expect China to supply us things that we need to keep our defense the world’s best.

 

[n_huffhines]

Ah, well I'm sure the China decoupling will occur soon. Maybe next week.

But we have all the leverage.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

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[Velo Vol]

Kind of on topic and mildly interesting.

YouTuber shows his efforts to manufacture a mostly-American-made product.

 

[Velo Vol]

 

[dalton_vol]

 

[n_huffhines]

This is so flimsy. You cannot bank on this estimate. Even if they are good at estimating it, which they probably aren't....we don't even know if the tariffs will be in place in 2 months or 4 years, or what. How can they estimate something that changes daily and there is no clear direction?

We also don't know how the disruption tariffs are causing will affect other government revenues.

 

[Velo Vol]

This is so flimsy. You cannot bank on this estimate. Even if they are good at estimating it, which they probably aren't....we don't even know if the tariffs will be in place in 2 months or 4 years, or what.

They can't.

 

[Carl Pickens]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/gm-to-invest-4-billion-in-us-manufacturing-plants-amid-tariffs.html

 

[jmacvols1]

“Thank you for your attention to this matter”.

 

[jmacvols1]

“Thank you for your attention to this matter”.

 

[BeardedVol]

“Thank you for your attention to this matter”.

Reality:

U.S.-China Trade Talks: Trump Seen Trading Chips For Rare Earths

U.S.-China trade talks, made urgent by Beijing's export curbs on rare earths, may see the U.S. relent on chip restrictions, Wall Street strategists say.

www.investors.com

 

[jmacvols1]

cpi numbers out....where are the rate cuts Powell? ...but but but tarriffs....

 

[evillawyer]

Art of the deal, b!tches!

 

[hog88]

cpi numbers out....where are the rate cuts Powell? ...but but but tarriffs....

Powell and the Fed are not cutting rates, they are playing politics like they have for the last decade plus.