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Here is the story regarding our tariff situation now,

Posted on: May 31, 2019 at 10:19:18 CT
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from my class forum. It should explain it.



According to the US Trade Representative: the United States has free trade agreements in force with 20 countries. These are:

Australia
Bahrain
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Israel
Jordan
Korea
Mexico
Morocco
Nicaragua
Oman
Panama
Peru
Singapore

Note this list does not include any country in Europe, China, India or even Japan. All other trade is in accordance with a list of tariffs committed to the World Trade Organization. Here is where the problem is. The US has generally much lower tariffs than our trading partners. We agreed to these disadvantages after WWII because the US economy was so much stronger than other trading countries 50-60 years ago. Of course, Europe has fully recovered from WWII, as has Japan and S Korea. Then again other 3rd world countries are now vying for economic power status including China, India and Russia. With our higher labor and often regulatory costs, added to the tariff disadvantages the US manufacturing sector is suffering. Trump is trying to force other nations to surrender their tariff advantage, maybe even gain one for us. He is widely violating our WTO treaty obligation, but getting all the WTO countries to agree to either lower their tariffs or to accept higher matching US tariffs is virtually impossible. Presidents since the 1970s have accepted this tariff disadvantage. Trump wants to change it. Tough, especially with the Dems trying to get rid of him.
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     Here is the story regarding our tariff situation now, - GA Tiger MU - 5/31 10:19:18
     GOP is now no-holds-barred on taxing Americans - raskolnikov MU - 5/31 10:08:08
          Has the impact of a tax but Dems are too dumb to use this - Macgrantt MU - 5/31 11:07:33
     We'll have free trade when you and your union buddies - Tigerfish MU - 5/31 09:34:34
          misguided response, I don't have union buddies, why would I? - Macgrantt MU - 5/31 11:08:52
     If the Congress would get off their a$$es and do - Logan BAMA - 5/31 08:48:26
          is the Constitution law? Should the fed gvmt abide by it? (nm) - pickle MU - 5/31 08:50:13
               Where you headed with That? (nm) - Logan BAMA - 5/31 08:53:25
                    He doesn't really know - FootballRefugee MU - 5/31 09:20:59
     manlet Magrant(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 5/31 08:42:29
     Nothing happened to it - FootballRefugee MU - 5/31 08:22:17
     I get tired of saying this but looking at this - GA Tiger MU - 5/31 08:18:27
          You nailed it GAT - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 5/31 09:38:10
          Good post. You must have slept well. - Emoji Man MSU - 5/31 08:53:25
          GAT, it is impossible to steal technology - pickle MU - 5/31 08:23:18
               So dumb. - Emoji Man MSU - 5/31 08:52:40
                    Technology is information. It is impossible to own info (nm) - pickle MU - 5/31 09:02:13
     Many conservatives are still for free trade - Sal KC - 5/31 08:13:35
          What level will cause econoic chaos - meatiger MU - 5/31 08:16:06
               I'm not sure what the exact level is - Sal KC - 5/31 08:22:33
               When the Democrats do their jobs in Congress... - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/31 08:17:39
                    LOL toro...why didn't your pubs give trump his wall $. - tigerdb MU - 5/31 09:39:29
                         Is Congress doing their job or not? - Sal KC - 5/31 10:16:53
                    that’s simple, alright (nm) - pickle MU - 5/31 08:22:04
                    Yes...let's spend billons and billions - meatiger MU - 5/31 08:20:14
                         If you are so concerned about spending, why don't you call - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/31 08:26:24
                              Federal government should get completely out of - meatiger MU - 5/31 08:27:41
                         What should be done at the border? (nm) - Sal KC - 5/31 08:21:52
                              RE: What should be done at the border? - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/31 08:29:02
                              Basically what is done at the airport - meatiger MU - 5/31 08:23:55
                                   You understand that this implies some kind of - tman MU - 5/31 08:49:21
                                        Please don't confuse him with logic, reason and... - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/31 09:14:08
                                             It is funny - meatiger MU - 5/31 09:18:32
                                                  Defending our borders & citizens is the Government's Job #1 - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/31 09:20:50
                                                       Well not only is that incorrect, but there is no attack here - pickle MU - 5/31 09:31:36
                                                       LOL(nm) - meatiger MU - 5/31 09:21:51
                                                            Thanks for proving my point... - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/31 09:28:41
                                        If the checkpoint is easy - meatiger MU - 5/31 09:00:54
                                             You think like a privileged white boy living... - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/31 09:15:31
                                   LOL! Are you really this naive and quite frankly... - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/31 08:30:16
                                        We have 10+ million people here "illegally" - meatiger MU - 5/31 08:32:31
                                             Yeah...You're solution to be drunk out of your mind... - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/31 08:39:43
                                                  my solution says nothing about philanthropy - meatiger MU - 5/31 08:41:03
                                                       RE: my solution says nothing about philanthropy - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/31 08:46:45
                                                            Yes...you have proven - meatiger MU - 5/31 08:47:28
                                                                 No, they have the freedom to stay the Hell out of my country - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/31 09:16:35
                    NEVER if Trump is around. They would never help him or - GA Tiger MU - 5/31 08:19:51
     "Don't name call guys!" -Macgrantt - Calca STL - 5/31 08:08:34
          Macgrantt is on really stoopid fuk (nm) - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/31 08:18:29
     Americans love peace and hate war, but when the other side - None**** MU - 5/31 08:05:09
          what??? (nm) - pickle MU - 5/31 08:06:21
               RE: what??? (nm) - None**** MU - 5/31 08:18:36
                    you didn’t make an analogy - pickle MU - 5/31 08:21:27
                         RE: you didn’t make an analogy - None**** MU - 5/31 08:50:34
                              Do you know what an analogy is? - pickle MU - 5/31 09:03:13
     are you for free trade? (nm) - pickle MU - 5/31 08:00:17
     They have no principles - El-ahrairah BAMA - 5/31 07:58:20
     Responding to your name-calling by more name-calling? - DoltfromSTL MU - 5/31 07:57:48




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