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Subject: Re: silca and Tariffs
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On 4/27/2025 1:42 PM, Shadow wrote:
> On 27 Apr 2025 14:35:32 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
> 
>> Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/j_soloman/54478352605/in/datetaken/On 26
>>>> Apr 2025 20:06:30 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>>>>> On 26 Apr 2025 09:14:12 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://youtu.be/VKz5J5PPt-Q?si=ntPrbZPhCguTIuQM>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Josh of Silca does a good job of explaining how the tariffs are effecting
>>>>>> US companies certainly small ones, as ever it?s a moving target so may well
>>>>>> change.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Roger Merriman
>>>>>
>>>>> Many countries have tariffs on products from the USA. I see no reason
>>>>> why the USA shouldn't have tariffs on their products. Maybe it will
>>>>> bring manufacturing back, maybe not. The USA used to be a
>>>>> manufacturing powerhouse and the bureaucratic jackasses let it slip
>>>>> away. I don't know if Trump's plans can save the country, but it was
>>>>> definatly going to hell with the same old, same old plans. At least
>>>>> he's trying something new.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> USA tariffs used to be in line with most other countries, hence the easy
>>>> trade across countries and indeed multiple parts and so on, this is well a
>>>> trade war with China mostly.
>>>>> --
>>>>> C'est bon
>>>>> Soloman
>>>>>
>>>> Roger Merriman
>>>>
>>>
>>> No, most foreign tarriffs were much greater than USA tarriffs,
>>>
>>> https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/automobile-tariffs-by-country
>>>
>>>   plus other countries put additional costs on some USA products.
>>>
>>> I suggest that you stop paying attention to news sources that were,
>>> for many years, telling you that Joe Biden was mentally and
>>> empotionally fit to be President, when it's apparent that he was not.
>>>
>>> --
>>> C'est bon
>>> Soloman
>>>
>> News sources out of US are much less partisan indeed are levels of accuracy
>> regulations which one US style “news source” (GBnews) has attempted to
>> avoid by claiming they are entertainment rather than factual news to avoid
>> (not entirely) having to conform news standards!
>>
>> The link is incorrect UK has a higher car tariff, as byproduct of Brexit
>> and talks of a US and Uk trade deal.
> 
> 	Brazilian tariffs are far higher than on the #FAKE_NEWS site.
> Tax can be more than 100% of the price of an imported car. If you
> import at US$ 10.000, expect to pay AT LEAST US$ 12500 tax, for a
> total of US$ 22500. And then there's the importer's 20% " cut" on top
> of that ....
> 	Not many honest people buy  imported cars.
> 	Our central bank is still run by Bolsonaro's minions.... and
> they decide the value of taxes.
> 	[]'s

Goes both ways.

Brasil is a highly efficient producer of sugar, which is 
virtually impossible to import in to USA.  For the past 120 
years across every administration.

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Andrew Muzi
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