Comments on: Retailers Tell President Trump They Pay Tariffs, Not the Chinese

By: Picky Chicky

Picky Chicky — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:50:28 +0000

It would be great if we could rebuild our manufacturing industry again, but I’m not necessarily suggesting that retailers source everything in the US. Only that they need to stop buying from China. Until we do rebuild our manufacturing industry, it only makes sense that you’d have to source items elsewhere. If there are certain things you can only get from China, then limit the procurement to those.

By: cvsharkey@yahoo.com

cvsharkey@yahoo.com — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:18:05 +0000

I agree–stop buying from China. But unless you can find what you need made in the USA–you won’t know if items you’re buying from outside of the country are truly made in that country–or redirected from China. It is a sad fact that the US companies sold their manufacturing equipment to the Chinese, which started this cycle. Our factories would need to rebuild. And even if an umbrella costs you a dollar more–what company is going to go to the expense of buying the equipment (made in Pakistan?) to make umbrellas?

Until investors are willing to help companies rebuild manufacturing plants with modern technology we’ll never reclaim our ability to say it’s “Made in the USA.”

By: shut1968

shut1968 — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:18:04 +0000

@ Monkposty

Agreed.

If you want to knock out the cheap Chinese junk coming into the country then you have to force retailers to source merchandise elsewhere.

The tariffs effect us directly for some wholesale supplies and unfortunately there is no other source for some of them because production ceased on those items in the USA years ago leaving China the only manufacturing source so we are stuck in the middle of it and will raise our prices as needed

Sadly we can’t pick and chose what items get tariffs placed on them, it has to be all products as a whole in order to get them back in check.

While it may suck for awhile eventually it will be good for everyone in the end.

By: Picky Chicky

Picky Chicky — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 01:57:30 +0000

Maybe those retailers need to stop being a part of the problem and stop buying from China. Maybe they need to move their manufacturing facilities to more friendly shores. After all, they’re the ones who made it possible for China to take over such a major portion of our manufacturing and gradually gain a stranglehold on our economy.

By: Monkposty

Monkposty — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:10:47 +0000

Tariffs are the onyl way at the moment to leverage against China. A country completely taking advantage of our country, and ignoring all of the international laws. A country that is despicable and unethical and way worse then north korea ever will be in regards to human rights and dignity.

Besides, it has already forced many chinese junk importers to look at other countries to source products..so it actually has done quite a bit of good. I know of one place that went to india for production instead of China due to the tariffs.

The whole point of the tarrif is that it forces importers to look elsewhere, which in turn hurts China. So its not as easy as ” china isn’t the one paying the tariff.” its a more circular effect in that importers will be forced to re-evaluate their business in china, since that lucrative slave pricing isn’t as lucrative anymore.