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exboyfil

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9. In pure economic terms both sides probably pay a bit of the tariff

Reply to edhopper (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 31, 2025, 10:59 AM

Jul 2025

The car companies are pricing into an elastic demand curve. They will eat some of the cost to find their optimum price point. Overall less cars sold as individuals seek alternatives.

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What isn't being talked about on trump's tariff fiasco is how foreign car companies are levied on average [View all] lostincalifornia Jul 2025 OP

Then we dems need to go front and center with this. mwmisses4289 Jul 2025 #1

I would rather buy Japanese anyway The Madcap Jul 2025 #2

No question Cosmocat Jul 2025 #5

I'm taking my 2014 CR-V in for scheduled maintenance next week MurrayDelph Jul 2025 #7

I put 200,000+ Cosmocat Jul 2025 #10

Foriegn Car companies edhopper Jul 2025 #3

Of course, or the foreign car makers actually reduce their car prices so the tariff costs won't increase the price lostincalifornia Jul 2025 #6

They will sell their production somewhere else WSHazel Jul 2025 #12

In pure economic terms both sides probably pay a bit of the tariff exboyfil Jul 2025 #9

I have spent 25+ years in capital markets WSHazel Jul 2025 #4

How those prices will be incorporated into the final product will depend how the compnies decide to handle lostincalifornia Jul 2025 #8

Why would anyone make capital investments in the U.S. WSHazel Jul 2025 #11