Monday, May 6th 2019
U.S. Hikes Tariffs on Electronics Imports from China by 2.5 Times
President Donald Trump Sunday announced a fresh round of import tariffs affecting $200 billion worth electronics goods from China, starting next Friday. President Trump in a Tweet said that his administration would raise import tariffs to a staggering 25 percent from the existing 10 percent, a 2.5 times change, a move that could increase prices of consumer-electronics and computer hardware by at least 14 percent unless retailers are willing to take a hit on their margins. Tech stocks took a beating to this news as Dow Jones Industrial index fell 1.5 percent, and Nikkei shrunk 0.2 percent.
In the short term, as we mentioned, the new tariffs can increase end-user prices by at least 14 percent. In the medium-term, electronics companies could move their manufacturing out of China, transferring the costs of doing so to the consumer. In the long term, prices could remain high as the countries companies are relocating to may not have the labor or logistics cost advantages of China.
Source:
MoneyControl
In the short term, as we mentioned, the new tariffs can increase end-user prices by at least 14 percent. In the medium-term, electronics companies could move their manufacturing out of China, transferring the costs of doing so to the consumer. In the long term, prices could remain high as the countries companies are relocating to may not have the labor or logistics cost advantages of China.
98 Comments on U.S. Hikes Tariffs on Electronics Imports from China by 2.5 Times
And of course here tariifs make no sense.
Cyberpower imports parts and builds with US labor in the USA of A ...they will be paying that 25% which makes it impossible to compete with the likes of Dell, HP and others
Dell makes Alienware in Florida, and servers in Texas ... but everything else is shipped here and sold at BestBuy wherever in those same boxes they left China in... they pay 0% tariff. Trumponian logic says only "parts" are subject to the tariff... fully assembled PCs / laptops with 100% chinese labor and parts are not.
Many including some potential retirees certainly had some debt at that time and just by being in debt alone made things harder on them now.
Speaking of the financial losses of 2008, that was due at least in part by the reset of the real estate market which some retirees had a stake in as a future investment for retirement. The obvious is it was a risk they took by doing so and note the term "Risk", it's inherent in how it all works anyway which there is nothing any of us can do about that.
Also doesn't help that back in 2006 when the Dem's had control over both houses they did nothing to address the coming reset which was known to be coming even then. If you have the power and do nothing knowing such is around the corner, you're just as culpritable as any other involved.
BTW I'm in that age group of so-called "Retirees" and know first hand about how it is having lost a full 50% of what I had at the time once it was all over with, which BTW never fully recovered.
The biggest "Thing" that triggered it all was how overinflated the market had become with all the loans/debt that was outstanding and when all that came due there was nothing of substance to repay it with, hence the bubble everyone had heard about before.
Folks had gotten themselves into debt buying houses, land and other real estate deals and while that's one thing it's another when it all comes due with nothing to repay it with. This caused a chain reaction across the market and it just went from there. I didn't have anything related to real estate to worry about, what got me was the results of the chain reaction that followed with everyone trying to make good on those debts but the substance/money just wasn't there to repay it all with.
That's why it is a matter of debt even if it seems it's not part of it because it's all intertwined, like it or not.
And I can promise you I didn't like it one bit.
~Done.
This fan controller $6.88 shipped to my door!
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIACJF6WU5336
This is the bigger picture they (China) looking to change the whole idea of commence and importing. China lobbied 10 or more years ago to permit "fast ships" that didn't effectively dock in American ports but off shore. Huge platform cities they portrayed as "enterprise zones" that didn't necessarily have to use American workers. Basically fly in workers like six months at a time. They envisioned this as a "hub" no different than UPS/FedEx that sorted packages, and wouldn't have to go through customs... kind of like USPS packages today. They went so far as think of using fairly large (Chinese built) cargo airplanes from those hubs delivering direct to airports (America, Canada, Mexico) from west, east and gulf based hubs. This is where they wanted to put the onus of customs and checking when it landed in the country. We would be left to police to flood of parcels. Then they'd contract with postal service and other freelance (Uber) type delivery individuals for final delivery.
Alibaba and others saw this as a way to wreck Amazon model. No large central physical warehouse's (in Asia or here) just dump the orders direct to a supplier and they send it. A way to upset the entire supply chain of commence and importation of goods. They get a small piece of the sale, but more than any shipper a good piece from each package going through the system. There where a lot of free-market capitalist Washington types who thought they saw it as a good way to line their pockets. And the main reason free-market capitalism is not always the best as humans are susceptible to greed.
Another historic brand/product ruined.
You do that a few times while you are president and after your presidency, a nice little(huge) bank account is waiting for you in an "no one knows" bank on a "no one knows" island in the middle of an ocean somewhere.
Just an idea.
Also, that is a great way to attract attention, and so far he has been one of the most scrutinized presidents, yet most transparent. Also, considering he already seems to have money, I doubt he is worried about an island, somewhere when the US is the place to be. Maybe it really is about helping the US, you know, instead of borrowing from the EU and then defaulting. But what do I know, we only have the lowest unemployment, inflation and interest is low, the "great recession" is over, and weed is becoming more legal, no one has lost rights, everyone stands on their individual rights instead of assigning rights based on group identity.... seems good to me for the last few years and my taxes went down.
www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/business/economy/jobs-report-april.html
tradingeconomics.com/china/gdp-growth
Their annual growth rate is above 6% as well too:
tradingeconomics.com/china/gdp-growth-annual
Reality is though, people worry about GDP growth numbers a lot but never really look whats behind a lot of it. Debt isnt considered a negative of GDP calculation:
GDP = private consumption + gross investment + government investment + government spending + (exports – imports)
Nothing shows debt is a negative. America runs off of a debt that correlates to GDP growth; every year the GDP grows, so does the debt. China does it in other methods like heavy construction which is a huge contribution of China's economic growth. But that construction ends up being dead ends with ghost cities/towns. Its an artificial growth in those regards. Your last comment also is directly the same for the US as well. Any nation that wants to deal with others that US doesn't like? Sanction. US doesn't like someone specific? Extradite them directly to the US. Complain about one nation being a dictatorship and how evil it is, while your best friend executed 30 people in 1 day and or blew up a school bus full of children in Yemen.
Hypocracy that is all it is. China will do what it needs to do to survive and US will do the same. Eventually they would end up butting heads.
What matters is how the locals feel and what is happening at home.
www.china-briefing.com/news/chinas-middle-class-5-questions-answered/
400M people are considered middle class in China. That is more than the population of the United States. Not bad, since it wasn't that long ago in history that China faced an Opium crisis thanks to British Empire, then starvation along with genocide during Second World War to what they are now. I know it is simplification of history, but point is still there.
For the people that call this Trump's America. A President in America doesn't equate to a Monarch or a Dictator. Our Constitution prevents that.
OK, me. I'm not always stressed about my income. And no, I'm not in the 1%.Yeah, but they couldn't be more different. It's hardly a choice between two of the same.
Dam country needs to get it's act together already.