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Bernardo de La Paz

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4. Modern economies like USA, Canada, Mexico & China are so interwoven that

Reply to Mosby (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:41 PM

Aug 2018

... that a product might have bits and pieces from all four by time final assembly is finished.

Canadian steel is used for parts made in the US put into cars built in Canada and sold in the US.

Similarly,

US steel is used for parts made in Canada put into cars built in the US and sold in Canada.

Tariffs on any one part will disrupt and maybe even interrupt the chain. They can only increase prices and cost jobs everywhere.

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Retailers study shows more Trump tariffs could cost consumers $6 billion [View all] left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 OP

but, but, but he's making ameriKa great again! elmac Aug 2018 #1

I don't support trumps tariffs Mosby Aug 2018 #2

Modern economies like USA, Canada, Mexico & China are so interwoven that Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #4

$6 billion seems like a gross underestimate. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #3