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China imposes hefty tariffs on 1000s of made-in-US products, including condoms, wine, phones
2019-06-01
[DailyMail]
  • Tariffs ranging from five to 25 percent will be slapped onto 5,410 products

  • Those facing the 25 percent hike also include robots, perfume and coffee

  • Comes after Trump more than doubled tariffs on $200bn in Chinese goods

  • Trade war between the two have escalated marked by a heated war of words

  • U.S. has issued trade bans on Huawei and China has warned to halt rare earths
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Posted by:Skidmark

#5  Expensive cell phone ($1000) providers offer lost, stolen or broken replacement insurance. Chinese made phones sold in the US, then sent out for repair are considered US exports.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-06-01 11:17  

#4  P2k, my thought exactly. What are they doing, reimporting stuff they already made?
Posted by: AlanC   2019-06-01 08:47  

#3  We still make phones?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-06-01 08:25  

#2  Condoms won't fit.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-06-01 04:12  

#1  The sooner trade w/ China goes to zero, the sooner American middle class can recover.
Posted by: Cratle Sholutch3187   2019-06-01 01:33  

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