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Trump 'Liberation Day' tariffs blocked by U.S. trade court
The president has some tariff powers in certain situations.Jim_MAY said:The Trump Administration will advance an appeal to the Supreme Court. Congress gave tariff powers to the Presidents long ago.But not the tariffs and situation he tried to use. They were not legal, plainly and simply.Inevitably it'll be appealed to a higher court and, if there's fairness and legality, the block will be upheld.
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Trump's 25% smartphone tariff starts just in time for the iPhone 17
This actually makes more sense before running it through a translator than when it becomes legible. It makes several points and assumptions, all of which are wrong.9secondkox2 said:
Lol. iPhone pro max was 1099 in 2019. 1199 in 2024 under Biden.netrox said:A 25% tariff is actually the tariff rate since 2019 imposed by Trump.
And you wonder why everything costs so much since then????Gas was 4.13in California state average in 2019. 4.87 in 2024.The ford mustang GT was 35335 in 2019. 42495 in 2024.Eggs were 1.46 a dozen. In 2024 that went to 4.15 under Biden.Trump just got here.Let him fight the hood fight to get things back on track. Apple building st home is s good thing. Free and fair trade is s good thing. The USA has been tariffed to desth. It’s about time America recoups some of that until those same countries drop their tarriffs. Any American company building up hostile nations by giving them huge investments and building their economies instead of their homeland should be ashamed.
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Trump demands 25% tariff on any iPhone not made in the US
Indeed. The question my friends and I in the UK ask, is at what point is the US technically a dictatorship?jmoore5196 said:Extortion? Backtracking? Did no one learn anything from January 6?
Remember Richard Nixon's comment to David Frost: If the President does it, it's not illegal.
Nixon's party of law and order, fiscal responsibility and small government has been completely co-opted by a conman. Voters have put this party in charge of the Executive and Legislative branches, and the fact that most members of the judiciary hew toward this party's views means the President can do whatever he wants.
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Trump demands 25% tariff on any iPhone not made in the US
It makes ol' mushroom dick feel like a REAL MAN. Grrrrrr...AppleZulu said:What exactly is such a policy supposed to be accomplishing?
Well, that and the money he makes shorting AAPL then changing his mind of course. The US is run by a man whose only interest is bleeding it dry for his own profit. And Americans voted for this?
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Trump demands 25% tariff on any iPhone not made in the US
Of course it's not physically impossible. But it's practically and financially impossible, and that amounts to much the same thing in business.blastdoor said:
Agreed. Stating that’s it’s physically impossible to manufacture iPhones in the US is over the top absurd and ultimately benefits Trump because it makes him look relatively less dumb than he would otherwise look.fred1 said:The reasons given that prevent iPhones from being made in the US - “there is not the required skilled labor, there is not a supply of the rare minerals needed, and there are no facilities.” - can be dealt with, but would take years to implement. It’s not impossible, but the overnight change the Orange Man wants can’t happen. Does he really not understand this?
of course it’s possible. It would just be more expensive to do that than pay the tariff, especially given that the tariff might not be there by the time the US supply chain is built.
