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  • Trade war escalates: Trump hikes China tariffs to 125%, pauses others for 90 days

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    Stabitha_Christie said:
    9secondkox2 said:
    The art of the deal in action. 
    It's only a deal if you consider somebody stabbing you six inches in the chest, and then pulling the blade back three inches a deal where you just had paper cuts before.
    Idk. I never knew about the tariffs applied to us before now. 
     
    I think anyone that has read your commentary hear figured out that you aren't a particularly well informed person.  Good to see you admit it though. 
    And that would be a grossly inaccurate assumption. Let’s be grown ups and keep the insults and personal attacks out of the forum. Actually I think that’s part of the rules. 
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  • Trade war escalates: Trump hikes China tariffs to 125%, pauses others for 90 days

    9secondkox29secondkox2
    The art of the deal in action. 
    It's only a deal if you consider somebody stabbing you six inches in the chest, and then pulling the blade back three inches a deal where you just had paper cuts before.
    Idk. I never knew about the tariffs applied to us before now. And it’s really bad. Someone’s got to do something. Even in the 90’s when Pelosi was talking about china’s abusive tariffs on the usa, I never caught wind of that. And with the increasingly aggressive snd sbusive treatment of American tech companies overseas, there has to be someone fighting for them. In my opinion, this is a great way to do that and hit them where it hurts. The EU did a rudimentary acquiescence. Israel came over right away and it’s reported that nearly 50 countries immediately contacted the admin to make deals. China tried to bully their already bullying way yet again and is now facing even worse action. 

    It makes sense to puvot when things are going your way. Rather than fault-finding, it would seem that an entire government able to turn in a dime is quite agile. That’s where the art of the deal reference comes in. 

    I get that the ai staff and many on this forum are anti-trump. But I think it’s worthwhile to acknowledge the good that can result from someone finally addressing the unfair trade balance  personally, I think that’s just linked to a sense of entitlement by foreign nations who are recently going beyond trade imbalances and inserting themselves in the boardrooms of American tech companies, deciding business models, pricing structures, and forcing them (namely apple) to prop up competitors on the USA corps dime. Gotta start somewhere and it’s got to be impactful. 
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  • Trade war escalates: Trump hikes China tariffs to 125%, pauses others for 90 days

    9secondkox29secondkox2
    The art of the deal in action. 
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  • Trump's 104% tariff against imports from China goes live

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    It may be tough for a bit, but it’s necessary. We shouldn’t have allowed everyone to-especially China - to tariff us like they have without responding in kind. 

    China has been stealing our IP, making our stuff, and forcing our companies to hand over their sensitive data and control to the ccp. We don’t do that maybe we should do that for every country that pulls that on ur companies. The fact that China has so much control over apples data is unbelievable and reaches beyond China to everyone who communicates with Chinese citizens. 

    With China only getting more aggressive and other countries and the EU following suit, it’s time to nip this before it gets even worse. It’s already been too long. 

    Maybe some of you aren’t willing to hold off on buying some things for a bit. But I can easily wait a bit in order to get a far better situation moving forward. 

    It pretty much depends on us. What will we do. Will we buy anyway at exorbitant prices, or will we curb our habit long enough to make a difference. 

    I’ve been waiting forever to upgrade. Just bought an m4 air to tide me over. I can wait a little longer. 

    Ultimately I think cook knows exactly what this is about and likely supports it in spite of the short term hit. It’s really the only way to get things back to a fair place where it should be. 
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  • A flood of panic-buying has started in anticipation of major iPhone price increases

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    So apple benefits from the panic buy now. Then when September hits and things have cooled a bit, apple benefits again from upgraders? Highly possible. Be interesting to revisit in 5 months. 
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