• toofpic@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    “with tariffs…manufacturers can add…come out ahead” - do you imply manufacturers are getting anything? This is not them who rsises the prices, they won’t see the money

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      3 days ago

      if they reduce the tariff on their product and charge the same post tariff price they could make more profit even with higher manufacturing costs.

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        3 days ago

        That’s more or less my point. They won’t come out ahead but at least they won’t have to raise the prices as much so they’ll be more completive compared to manufacturers that don’t include electronics

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          3 days ago

          That won’t work, because building a new factory takes 2-5 years and if the tariffs drop at any point then you’re stuck with a product way more expensive that nobody will buy.

      • toofpic@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        They? They like “manufacturers”? They can’t reduce tariffs, the tariffs exist against them, it’s only the orange who introduced them can reduce them.