The Tariff Thread

[FlamesAddiction]

Oh jeez… lol. That’s embarrassing.

I don’t even deserve to edit that. Let it stand as symbol of my flakiness.

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

It looks like Ontario went ahead with their electricity surcharge for exports to the U.S., that they had previously suspended. They reported to make $260k in one day and estimate that they will average between $300k and $400k. Over a year, that would be somewhere in the neighbourhood of $100b.

I wonder if Trump ups the steel and aluminium tariffs to 50% like he said he would if Ontario added the surcharge.

I don't think they reactivated them. I believe the $260K was just from the 1 day that they were in effect.

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by opendoor

I don't think they reactivated them. I believe the $260K was just from the 1 day that they were in effect.

Correct. They have not been reactivated.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...arge-1.7508379

[Jason14h]

I’m trying to figure out how $400k a day equals 100 billion a year

[BloodFetish]

Doug Ford even looks like Dr. Evil

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by Jason14h

I’m trying to figure out how $400k a day equals 100 billion a year

Crack dealer math.

[Slava]

Well, looks like those tiny screwing jobs are gone. Trump exempted smartphones from the tariffs. Sure, this is amazing policy and it’s all working magically, but we’re lifting it anyway. What a genius.

[Fuzz]

During Trump’s first term, Cook carefully cultivated a direct relationship with the president in order to lobby him on issues like trade and immigration. I have a hard time imagining Cook isn’t using that direct line now. Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, who did not attend the inauguration ceremony, reportedly went to a $1-million-a-head dinner at Mar-a-Lago last week. Shortly afterward, the White House walked back plans to implement export controls on some chips that Nvidia sells to China.


Private back channels allow each tech leader to lobby for specific tariff exemptions. The kind of exemptions that would benefit Nvidia, such as more lenient policies on semiconductor imports for GPUs, differ from what Apple might be angling for, considering the company’s supply chain complexity and its reliance on China. “Broadly opposing tariffs is not useful if business leaders can get exemptions on their own products,” Christoff points out.

https://www.wired.com/story/plaintex...trump-tariffs/


Success! See, all you need to survive a Trump term is the ability to toss millions at him to make billions. We should all just do that.

[Nancy]

Originally Posted by Slava

Well, looks like those tiny screwing jobs are gone. Trump exempted smartphones from the tariffs. Sure, this is amazing policy and it’s all working magically, but we’re lifting it anyway. What a genius.

Sounds like he's finally starting to lose his audience. Top comment on /r/conservative right now:

So the small business that imports from China pays tariffs but Apple doesn’t. I don’t like this one and Trump better fix it soon

Also, the way this has come out seems kind of odd, just a late night posting by Customs And Border Patrol, with the White House refusing to comment.

No clarity either of whether this is a full rollback, or if the previously announced 20% still applies. Or if temporary?

https://archive.is/z0bw5#selection-2155.54-2155.77

[Paulie Walnuts]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1910535108697719077

[Drak]

These clowns deserve everything that’s coming to them.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Nancy

Sounds like he's finally starting to lose his audience. Top comment on /r/conservative right now:


Also, the way this has come out seems kind of odd, just a late night posting by Customs And Border Patrol, with the White House refusing to comment.

No clarity either of whether this is a full rollback, or if the previously announced 20% still applies. Or if temporary?

https://archive.is/z0bw5#selection-2155.54-2155.77

Well, the greatest part (and there are so many great angles) is that you import the parts and manufacture something, and pay the tariffs. You import a whole computer or phone and you pay no tariffs. It’s beyond my understanding about how this is a great idea, but I’m sure it’s some kind of “Art of the Deal”, next level thinking that a dullard like me is unable to grasp.

[WideReceiver]

Originally Posted by Drak

These clowns deserve everything that’s coming to them.

Problem is there are many millions of decent Americans who don’t deserve to get caught in the inferno.

[activeStick]

Lol Trump... "Art of the Deal"

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tariffs/...atest-tariffs/

Electronics imported to the United States will be exempt from U.S. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection notice posted late Friday.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Lol Trump... "Art of the Deal"

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tariffs/...atest-tariffs/

More like 'Art of the Squeal like a pig'

[Firebot]

Would be hilarious if China implements 145% reciprocal export tariffs on everything Trump gave exceptions for after a call with Tim Cook.

There's no hiding away from the humiliation of this one.

[Khel]

Originally Posted by Firebot

Would be hilarious if China implements 145% reciprocal export tariffs on everything Trump gave exceptions for after a call with Tim Cook.



There's no hiding away from the humiliation of this one.

This.

[puffnstuff]

Trump exempting computers & phones from the tariffs today means that Chinese-made laptops now have lower tariffs than European Cars, Mexican Steel, & Canadian Lumber.

Also means Vietnamese-made laptops have a lower tariff than Ethiopian coffee, Indian tea, & Guatemalan bananas

Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff

This is winning bigly?

[Faust]

‘Never yield’: Fareed Zakaria explains Chinese mentality over trade war

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/world...on-ebof-digvid

[Rhett44]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Trump exempting computers & phones from the tariffs today means that Chinese-made laptops now have lower tariffs than European Cars, Mexican Steel, & Canadian Lumber.

Also means Vietnamese-made laptops have a lower tariff than Ethiopian coffee, Indian tea, & Guatemalan bananas

Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff

This is winning bigly?

These tariffs were exempt for one day, and now they are adding them on to a new tariff being announced in the next couple days.

Tariffs upon tariffs upon tariffs. What an absolute clownshow, how can anyone run a business with tariffs changing hours by hour.