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2025-05-09 Economy

US announces possible tariff reduction for China next week

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Posted by badanov 2025-05-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [82 views ] Top
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#1 at 145% the tariffs were probably bringing in almost no revenue

cutting to 50% will start the flow of revenue again

sort of like the Philips curve for income taxes

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-05-09 11:53|| 2025-05-09 11:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Trump doesn’t want tariffs, he wants trade negotiations. China finally agreed to sit down at the table and while those negotiations are ongoing, the tariffs were cut back.

Posted by Difar Dave 2025-05-09 21:00|| 2025-05-09 21:00|| Front Page Top

#3 President Trump also wants to decouple the American economy from China, which is actively predatory when it isn’t shaping its future — in its view inevitable — conquest of America and the world.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-05-09 21:16|| 2025-05-09 21:16|| Front Page Top

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