These articles are an argument to develop more US manufacturing. While we may not be able to leverage Trump's approach, this one-sided dependency is not good. I'm all in favor of destroying Trump's administration but it's not great to condition Americans to be unable to sacrifice, either. In every..
way, Trump and his tarriff scheme are weakening America, perhaps in the worst way, though, those who believe in democracy are using the current situation to convince Americans to be weak and weakness is good, or right. It's not. There's no reason we cannot develop manufacturing given the context..
of increasing AI and robotic capabilities. We lost manufacturing to low wages. Those jobs aren't coming back. But those jobs will be replaced even in China by technology. It's a millennial-level mistake to not develop those technologies here and implement that manufacturing and American..
wealth building here, now. We are at an inflection point to re-establish American manufacturing. It'll also create huge problems for China when their huge workforce is rendered obsolete. We will have the same issues, however, in our service based workforce since that will have many jobs eliminated..
by AI, and very quickly. We have a decade. That means we must fundamentally reimagine our entire system because we will have to adjust to a population that really doesn't work. What that looks like is scary to contemplate. But we must begin to do so. Technology is coming after basic human purpose.
I would love to read this, Brendan, but I won't subscribe to the Times and so can't see the story due to its paywall.
If it's possible to share your stories with gift links, that would be great....
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No one here will be ordering from China due to the high tariff, and in fact this is already happening. IN the next few weeks we will all see the lack of shipments from China and maybe empty shelves in stores.
The tricky part of economic policy is that its effects are felt months after its implementation. The initial harbinger is the stock and futures markets, but the public feels the impact much later.
That's why people didn't appreciate what Biden did, for instance.
Unfortunately this is not correct.
The two yellow dots are MSC container ships. One in from Busan Korea. The other came from Oakland. The single yellow dot is a Pasha Hawaii car transport.
Not shown is another vessel in from Vietnam on the east side of Harbor Island
And not all of the disruption *can* be undone. Some suppliers will go out of business in the interim, while others will shift sales to countries they view as more reliable than the U.S.
And that assumes foreign nations/companies will even accept his reversing course as honest. Unlike with COVID, there's no reason any other country should presume a desire to return to status quo (reticent to use the word "normal") is genuine on part of USA or Trump.
Based on formatting, length and the complete lack of a distinct writing style, I’m 99% sure this was written by ChatGPT. It’s possible the anecdotes are real but also could be fabricated whole cloth
If I place an order for 2000 pretty umbrellas today and they are invoiced and shipped, the tariff could skyrocket while in transit and I can't get my order?
This chaos’s, incompetence, corruption is not a surprise. Trump is doing what he said he would do &has always done. The question that no one asks..why is this a surprise to all these business “leaders” who we say have some level of competence but are unprepared for chaos Trump said he would bring?
bet most of these people voted for Trump. I don’t say this to be snarky but as a question journalist, academics, dems need to investigate…why did truth of what Trump would do, that he said, Harris said, legacy news said, Project 2025 documented not break thru to all of these business “leaders”
Great metaphor. The reality will be worse than the NYT article suggests as the uncertainty means products from countries other than China won't show up either, as no shippers or importers can realistically price goods right now. And a lot of domestic production will gring to a halt, lacking inputs.
Linkedin, where businesspeople congregate, appears to devalue any honesty or engagement about the political, economic or social impact of the lawless insane actions of Trump and Musk.
Information has a hard time penetrating MBA platitudes
That’s interesting. I’ve found quite few users posting engagement and then responses from both perspectives.
Lately have been following a number of lawyers and law firms, plus some new organizations that support former federal employees, like employment seeking, etc.
8 weeks water time. That's if all the ships stay loaded and start immediately when the tariffs are lowered or removed and with that volume there will be a port congestion delay that will be breathtaking. It will be shortages and empty shelves for at least 4 to 5 months.
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/27/world/asia/china-products-us-tariffs-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C08.hgm6.KUlWYDuDGZHi&smid=bs-share
If it's possible to share your stories with gift links, that would be great....
:)
In a squeeze, this website typically works with the NYT (and several other newspapers). https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/27/world/asia/china-products-us-tariffs-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/27/world/asia/china-products-us-tariffs-trump.html?rsrc=flt&unlocked_article_code=1.C08.-2MO.ufe-uMd-djP8
The tricky part of economic policy is that its effects are felt months after its implementation. The initial harbinger is the stock and futures markets, but the public feels the impact much later.
That's why people didn't appreciate what Biden did, for instance.
The two yellow dots are MSC container ships. One in from Busan Korea. The other came from Oakland. The single yellow dot is a Pasha Hawaii car transport.
Not shown is another vessel in from Vietnam on the east side of Harbor Island
But this will change soon
I mean, that's the hope, innit
So I guess this means that all the trucker caravans for Trump will have some time on their hands?
Information has a hard time penetrating MBA platitudes
Lately have been following a number of lawyers and law firms, plus some new organizations that support former federal employees, like employment seeking, etc.
And of course, from the Chinese side your best negotiating position comes when Walmart et al. have had half empty shelves and higher prices for weeks.