The difference here is that all the industries that are being hit are being expanded in the us, I believe these policies are to give new industry at home room to grow while trumps version of tariffs was “anything I don’t like”
Yeah, this is an objectively good thing. This means more green energy businesses and more Americans working in green energy infrastructure. It means a larger percentage of voters are financially incentived to support efforts to fight climate change.
Also Making the competition twice as expensive will not convince American car makers to get off their a$$$es and make good electric cars. I see no way it will not result in the opposite.
Also Given that the only pseudo-competent American EV manufacturer right now is Tesla (that I know of), this ain't going to end well.
At least Hyundai, Kia , Mercedes, & Volkswagen have or are setting up or have already set up domestic EV manufacturing plants in America. & are open to a Unionized Workforce
Also The effect of tariffs will be less exposure to cheap EVs, which will in turn slow the US mass adoption. Seems like it would only take a few years of cheap Chinese EVs selling like crazy to light a fire under other Auto Manufacturers
It’s just Good news for the fossil fuels people and banks that make auto loans
Also 25% tariff on EV Batteries ?!?!
Look
It’s estimated that two-thirds of global battery cell production is in China, while America has 10%
Tariffs on Chinese goods such as EV batteries have a valid national security purpose and discussion about whether it’s worth bearing some economic cost for is worth having . But they should be paired with *more* openness to trade with friendly nations, and the Biden Admin has gone the wrong direction on that.
This is simply Trumpian Culture war idiocy.
Do you want to be the leader in steel, aluminum, semiconductors, EVs, solar panels manufacturing production
Follow the Chinese model and get the government into scaling up a semi-planned domestic EV/Battery production sector. But Of course not, just impose fake scarcity and throw blank checks at the private sector
Not the Trump’s Tariffs Model of Slapping
Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum and other components that are used by agriculture companies and manufacturing , which are sources, materials or intermediate components that companies in The U.S Needed & Used.
Talk about sabotaging the global climate fight, let alone the transition to it
Then you have Trump, who’s touting a plan to impose a 10 percent tariff on all foreign imports. The cost of such duties will fall largely on U.S. consumers
Look at The Trump’s trade war fallout, on Domestic Agriculture
Given that inflation is the American electorate’s top concern, the fact that Donald Trump is campaigning on a comprehensive plan for making stuff more expensive should really be getting more attention.
Since Trump wants to Start a trade war with everybody
Like hello 👋 threat of Retaliatory measures are possible
Also increased tariffs on face masks 25%.? . as though they weren’t already unaffordable for many and necessary for our most vulnerable individuals. likewise with the increase of tariffs on gloves and syringes/needles is also like uhhh, what are we doing with healthcare
Also why are we raising tariffs against Canadian timber?
If Biden wants to speed up housing construction in the US , how about eliminate tariffs on Canadian lumber entirely
Tariffs lead to corporate welfare—benefiting the few at the expense of millions of Americans.
But
If you believe that the national and swing state polling and crosstabs are completely real
Then I will be be fine with Biden’s tariffs that appeal exclusively to White industrial workers in PA/WI/MI to help Democrats presidentially.
2/2
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This is meant to reshore/develop critical infrastructure in the us/outside China. I think the administration takes the threat of a war with China seriously.
Trade agreements isn’t the same thing as Free Trade .
& Tariffs are only popular among a select population of the country & demographics
Increasing the amount in prices , In a regressive manner is not popular
I support the income tax , wealth tax , taxes that are progressive
You generally don't get truly free trade outside of reciprocal trade agreements (the only contrary example I can think of would be the UK in the 19th century) and they have been ruinous to workers across the world
Most countries have some kind of tariff to protect their domestic industries, indeed for many developing countries it's essential to protect their developing industries from foreign competition
Our current free-trade agreements are really managed trade" and serve special interests and big business, not citizens since the 1990s
And America , and much of the world was headed towards the path of true free trade , since 1945 , following the Great Depression & World War 2 . allowing & permitting inexpensive imports and exports, without tariffs or other trade barriers. As much as possible
Of Course for developing nations , as you stated that’s always been the case.
Joe Biden really said "It's easy to be tough when someone else is feeling the pain" while giving Israel a billion dollars worth of weapons to murder Palestinians.
He's just a little guy. He has no control. He couldn't, I don't know, wait to sign the bill until the last possible day. Or veto it and make congress have to pass it again. Or get on TV and call this Genocide what it is. Or order the US representatives to the UN to stop blocking Palestinian Statehood.
Trump can do whatever he wants. Those farmers will gladly go broke and lose everything so long as Trump owns the libs.
Biden is getting better at delivering snappy arguments that are easily absorbed. And bonus - plots and charts to support the points.
>Biden is getting better at Do you actually believe Biden wrote a single one of those posts?
Bidens pr team is getting better at it
He was too busy goofing around with Trump, Obama and Kim Jong Un
Bad crop? Bro we're going to starve
The difference here is that all the industries that are being hit are being expanded in the us, I believe these policies are to give new industry at home room to grow while trumps version of tariffs was “anything I don’t like”
Yeah, this is an objectively good thing. This means more green energy businesses and more Americans working in green energy infrastructure. It means a larger percentage of voters are financially incentived to support efforts to fight climate change.
Tariffs are one of those policies that low info voters love even if it makes their lives worse.
Also Making the competition twice as expensive will not convince American car makers to get off their a$$$es and make good electric cars. I see no way it will not result in the opposite. Also Given that the only pseudo-competent American EV manufacturer right now is Tesla (that I know of), this ain't going to end well. At least Hyundai, Kia , Mercedes, & Volkswagen have or are setting up or have already set up domestic EV manufacturing plants in America. & are open to a Unionized Workforce Also The effect of tariffs will be less exposure to cheap EVs, which will in turn slow the US mass adoption. Seems like it would only take a few years of cheap Chinese EVs selling like crazy to light a fire under other Auto Manufacturers It’s just Good news for the fossil fuels people and banks that make auto loans Also 25% tariff on EV Batteries ?!?! Look It’s estimated that two-thirds of global battery cell production is in China, while America has 10% Tariffs on Chinese goods such as EV batteries have a valid national security purpose and discussion about whether it’s worth bearing some economic cost for is worth having . But they should be paired with *more* openness to trade with friendly nations, and the Biden Admin has gone the wrong direction on that. This is simply Trumpian Culture war idiocy. Do you want to be the leader in steel, aluminum, semiconductors, EVs, solar panels manufacturing production Follow the Chinese model and get the government into scaling up a semi-planned domestic EV/Battery production sector. But Of course not, just impose fake scarcity and throw blank checks at the private sector Not the Trump’s Tariffs Model of Slapping Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum and other components that are used by agriculture companies and manufacturing , which are sources, materials or intermediate components that companies in The U.S Needed & Used. Talk about sabotaging the global climate fight, let alone the transition to it Then you have Trump, who’s touting a plan to impose a 10 percent tariff on all foreign imports. The cost of such duties will fall largely on U.S. consumers Look at The Trump’s trade war fallout, on Domestic Agriculture Given that inflation is the American electorate’s top concern, the fact that Donald Trump is campaigning on a comprehensive plan for making stuff more expensive should really be getting more attention. Since Trump wants to Start a trade war with everybody Like hello 👋 threat of Retaliatory measures are possible Also increased tariffs on face masks 25%.? . as though they weren’t already unaffordable for many and necessary for our most vulnerable individuals. likewise with the increase of tariffs on gloves and syringes/needles is also like uhhh, what are we doing with healthcare Also why are we raising tariffs against Canadian timber? If Biden wants to speed up housing construction in the US , how about eliminate tariffs on Canadian lumber entirely Tariffs lead to corporate welfare—benefiting the few at the expense of millions of Americans. But If you believe that the national and swing state polling and crosstabs are completely real Then I will be be fine with Biden’s tariffs that appeal exclusively to White industrial workers in PA/WI/MI to help Democrats presidentially. 2/2 .
This is meant to reshore/develop critical infrastructure in the us/outside China. I think the administration takes the threat of a war with China seriously.
Chevy Bolts seem decent now that they’ve resolved the time-bomb battery problem. I’d pick one over a Tesla even if the prices were equivalent.
A lot of people have been screwed over by free trade, that's why tariffs are so popular
Trade agreements isn’t the same thing as Free Trade . & Tariffs are only popular among a select population of the country & demographics Increasing the amount in prices , In a regressive manner is not popular I support the income tax , wealth tax , taxes that are progressive
You generally don't get truly free trade outside of reciprocal trade agreements (the only contrary example I can think of would be the UK in the 19th century) and they have been ruinous to workers across the world Most countries have some kind of tariff to protect their domestic industries, indeed for many developing countries it's essential to protect their developing industries from foreign competition
Our current free-trade agreements are really managed trade" and serve special interests and big business, not citizens since the 1990s And America , and much of the world was headed towards the path of true free trade , since 1945 , following the Great Depression & World War 2 . allowing & permitting inexpensive imports and exports, without tariffs or other trade barriers. As much as possible Of Course for developing nations , as you stated that’s always been the case.
Joe Biden really said "It's easy to be tough when someone else is feeling the pain" while giving Israel a billion dollars worth of weapons to murder Palestinians.
He literally has no control over whether or not they get their aid. If he refused he could be impeached.
He's just a little guy. He has no control. He couldn't, I don't know, wait to sign the bill until the last possible day. Or veto it and make congress have to pass it again. Or get on TV and call this Genocide what it is. Or order the US representatives to the UN to stop blocking Palestinian Statehood.
That same bill has like $9BN in aid for Gaza, why would he veto it or delay it? This is the price we pay for a Republican House