cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/42187002

Smartphones, computers, and other electronics will be exempt from President Donald Trump’s steep China tariffs, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed late on Friday night.

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    4 hours ago

    How about industrial parts. It’s one thing if your android or iphone doesn’t go up 200% (or whatever ridiculous number he’s chosen in the last five minutes), but how about things like car parts, machinery, or appliances?

    Edit: but wait!

    https://lemmy.world/post/28194139

    I don’t know wtf is goong on anymore.

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    So this is the turning point. He now realizes tariffs are not working and he is going to sabotage his own tariffs to reverse course while pretending he’s not.

    Elect a moron and you get a moron. Guess he truly does represent his voters.

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      Well yeah the billionaires already profited on the dip that was the point. He’s been in power for 4 months or so. Let’s see how many times he tanks the economy or guts federal programs into various coffers so the rich can profit over the next 44 months (assuming that’s the end). There’s still so much untapped wealth disparity to increase

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    I guess those manufacturing jobs won’t be coming back to the US of A. And I was looking to get rich taking a job from one of those robots screwing in those tiny screws.

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    Aw, I was so looking forward to being a screw turner in a US iPhone factory.

    Guess that’s what you get with the art of the deal.

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    What about disposable vapes? I’m really not interested in carrying around a giant douche flute to get my nicotine fix.

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      10 hours ago

      Disposable vapes are terrible for the environment. At the least you should just go get a refillable one. They’re variant the same price and a 20$ bottle of juice will last you 20x as long as a disposable while being significantly better.

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      1 day ago

      You should consider reading the article that was posted for your convenience, instead of expecting to be spoonfed the answer.

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        24 hours ago

        You should probably read it yourself, instead of posting a jackassy comment. Vapes aren’t mentioned in the article.

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            23 hours ago

            That they could maybe fall under the “other electronics” category, and that my original question was a valid one.