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No, China is much better at manufacturing things at scale. What you'll get is something twice as good that's not quite what you need for 10x the price. That's okay for simple things, but not good for things that need to be the right size. Apple famously ran into serious problems getting the right screws for assembly in Texas

What I like about AliExpress stuff is, that it really empowers the privateer. Idk how it is in US/Canada, but in Europe they're sort of hiding/uppricing this basic stuff and tools to make you go to a "professional" for everything. it's a real desaster...

We can blame people for shopping cheaply as their wages have been inflated to oblivion and taxed to hell, or go to the root of the problem and admit the central planners have run amok. Allow people to keep what they earn, remove taxes on property and businesses. Get rid of ridiculous laws that allow businesses to be a "legal fiction".. etc. Every person is their own business. Stop believing in politics, if you over 40, male and believe that shit, you are an incel.

Yes, culture and society is more important than short term economy

Yes. Also, US imports from China are much more frivolous & optional than the Chinese imports from the US are.

No one stoping you from paying more to buy good stuff already now?

So what you're essentially trying to say is that more government intervention can be a good thing if it improves workers rights and leads to more sustainable produce? That's very liberal of you 😅

Its not that simple. Direction might be right but current execution is far from how to get there. They need to reduce debt levels and reduce reliance on supply chains. With current plan pretty much they can't even start being more self sufficient.

A trade war between the economic superpowers with how highly levered the system is is tantamount to a nuclear hot war on the economy.

Buying cheap shot from China just to buy something is stupid. But China also produces some things that they are the only ones right now who does it good. Not many companies outside of China make good batteries, solar panels, drones and drone parts and many other things.

As it stands, the cost of manufacturing in the United States is much higher than that of manufacturing in China. For the rich, they can certainly choose more expensive and better things, but for the lower class people, they cannot afford more expensive things. 🤔

Low time preference. Proof of work. Adopt the bitcoin standard 🧡🗽

Some short term pain will be required to reap long term reward.

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Who say Americans would make quality stuff? There is also some absolutely amazing and high quality stuff made is 100% in China. Look at American cars when they were all made here, for 30 years they were absolute garbage.

Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs

Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs

It follows concerns that tech prices could skyrocket, as many gadgets are made in China, with the US president saying he will give more detail on M...

Seems reasonable until it’s something you do want 🤷‍♂️ The wiff of a shite brexit is everywhere right now ngl

Becauase price fixing leads to economic stagnation and eventually collapse, no matter how well intentioned. Tariffs are just another form of price fixing.

@jb55 you could already buy those low time preference goods before, why impose tariffs (taxes) on goods YOU think people should NOT buy? Let everybody make their own decisions. Why force them into doing what YOU think is right? That's state interventionism and not a free market.

American made products are the same, if not worse. You could always buy better quality from Germany and Japan but you choose not to.

I thought we would be all 3d printing our own cheap stuff by now, but alas, it seems we still need professional manufacturing with cheap labor.

Because the tariffs are also on raw materials and parts, making it unreasonably expensive to manufacture things in the US. If the tariffs were only on fished goods or strategic industries that might be different.

The absolute exploitation of cheap Labour is one issue which I hope could be solved somewhat by this…although perhaps there could be other ways around solving it too