Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Roger Merriman Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: silca and Tariffs Date: 26 Apr 2025 20:06:30 GMT Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net J81PqCMjXspdu1hu3N/fdQEH291vlaGN9pxCIyI4MQW871mapf Cancel-Lock: sha1:vExrXxeWmMTzB0buu6xBcdcimQ8= sha1:JxWvg3eH/R/nqND6zjQUaehU2No= sha256:wOy/MovRaGmuuIIzhPJFLjMvKUmkhMK6MMsu290ydHA= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPad) Bytes: 2989 AMuzi wrote: > On 4/26/2025 12:41 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote: >> On 26 Apr 2025 09:14:12 GMT, Roger Merriman wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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. >> >> -- >> C'est bon >> Soloman > > I am in complete agreement on the importance and benefit of > removing disparate tariffs. > > I can't agree that it will make a significant difference in > industrial production. With our Byzantine regulations, bans, > permits, reviews and so on, plus unions, and a combination > of apathy and lack of skills in younger generations ('don't > know. don't care') there's no obvious path to refining our > huge stores of rare earths, making steel from our excellent > iron ore and coking coal, building ships once more or a > gazillion other lost industrial projects. Europe seems to have kept a bit more of its industrial base, and plenty of regulations and unions, French in particular do like a good strike! Europe and Us have lost a most of their industrial capacity, for largely cost reasons, though some industries remain such as military. > > Reciprocal tariffs are good, and moral, but the effect will > be about the same as increasing the oceans' volume by > pissing in them. > This isn’t reciprocal but a trade war with China, which is a PR wonder for the Chinese government as they can blame you now, ie the US for any problems. Roger Merriman