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Old 04-11-2025, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox View Post
China has always taken a long term view

There might be a little short term pain for them from temporarily losing sales to the USA, but in the long run it will look like a blip on a steadily rising line

We are addicted to cheap products from them and flip-flopping tariffs are not going to change that
Average consumers have no choice do to companies left decades ago with no penalties for near slave labor. As long as their pockets are lined they don’t care if China copied produce and sells it to world at 1/5 or more price as long as their pockets get filled.