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Dark Energy
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Is tariff a good idea ?

Post by Dark Energy » 05 Apr 2025, 10:25

President Trump is trying to protect American economy. He wants Americans to buy American goods and services. It is very patriotic idea. However, American basis for economy have changed over the last five decades. America leads the international financial markets. The standard of living in America is the highest in the World. But, with the emergence of tiger markets, that may not hold for ever. From that point of view, I understand what President Trump is doing. But, is imposing tariff on the entire World effective ? In my opinion, America needs to invest in techlonogical innovation. The stock market crisis will linger. Millions of Americans are losing their life savings that are invested in stocks and other financial instruments. Back in the days, in my economic classes, tariff was a bad word. Tariff in double digits ?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics ... index.html

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Re: Is tariff a good idea ?

Post by sarcasm » 06 Apr 2025, 08:41

Tariffs in the short term will allow the government to raise cash. If the aim is to aid industries, investors must be assured that they will remain in place for decades (and they have to remain in palace for decades) to make any impact in growing manufacturing capabilities. If the next US administration is going to reverse them, then the only outcome of the tariffs will be high inflation in the US.

Ha-Joon Chang is a Korean economics professor in England and author of several bestselling books on economics and development policy, most notably Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective (2002). Prospect magazine ranked Chang as one of the top 20 World Thinkers.

Former stockbroker Gary Stevenson's book The Trading Game has been on the top 10 Amzon's Books chart for several weeks.

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Dama
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Re: Is tariff a good idea ?

Post by Dama » 06 Apr 2025, 08:48

Dark Energy wrote:
05 Apr 2025, 10:25
President Trump is trying to protect American economy. He wants Americans to buy American goods and services. It is very patriotic idea. However, American basis for economy have changed over the last five decades. America leads the international financial markets. The standard of living in America is the highest in the World. But, with the emergence of tiger markets, that may not hold for ever. From that point of view, I understand what President Trump is doing. But, is imposing tariff on the entire World effective ? In my opinion, America needs to invest in techlonogical innovation. The stock market crisis will linger. Millions of Americans are losing their life savings that are invested in stocks and other financial instruments. Back in the days, in my economic classes, tariff was a bad word. Tariff in double digits ?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics ... index.html
Youre the epitome of Eritrea's wasted human resource. Only if deranged Isu would listen, the likes of you would turn Eritrea's dream of being the Singapoor of Northeast Africa.

Deqi-Arawit
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Re: Is tariff a good idea ?

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ethiopianunity
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Re: Is tariff a good idea ?

Post by ethiopianunity » 07 Apr 2025, 18:32

They know what they are doing , they are just giving population talking points. It ( this policy or any policy) is not for populations but for elites, oligarchs to benefit,?so the policy changes every time based on what makes the oligarchs benefit. The populations are just slaves.?

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