return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoFootwear giants Nike, Adidas and others ask Trump for tariff exemptionwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down14
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minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 day agoWhy should anyone get an exemption? If Nike can’t move their production to the US then why would anyone else be able to? Either everyone suffers or no one should, either everyone gets fucked or fuck off with the tarriffs.
minus-squareJohnnykorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoThere are made in US tennis shoes that are not much more expensive, if they wanted to make them in the US we know they could but that would cut into the CEO $32 million salary.
minus-squarePhil_in_here@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoAll sorts of businesses should get an exemption. It’s a demonstrably fact that the materials needed for Nikes aren’t available in the United States. Source: forced child labour is, at the time of this comment, still illegal domestically.
Why should anyone get an exemption?
If Nike can’t move their production to the US then why would anyone else be able to?
Either everyone suffers or no one should, either everyone gets fucked or fuck off with the tarriffs.
There are made in US tennis shoes that are not much more expensive, if they wanted to make them in the US we know they could but that would cut into the CEO $32 million salary.
All sorts of businesses should get an exemption.
It’s a demonstrably fact that the materials needed for Nikes aren’t available in the United States.
Source: forced child labour is, at the time of this comment, still illegal domestically.