[BigEdLB]

If it’s China, I am cool with it...

[Vaquero]

Will the $1000 iPhone price jump exponentially? Or will the rest of the Pacific rim take up the slack.

[Regulator]

Ka-BAM, Baby!!

And $30 billion a year is just the start.

The racist Communist Chinese can keep their crap with the stolen designs from us.

Disclaimer to all the ChiSymps here: worked in the Santa Clara valley the last 35 years, BEEN HERE SEEN THAT

[Poison Pill]

Idiotic and ruinous. Freepers will be ecstatic.

[Defiant]

Maybe he could require that they pay penalties to the American companies they stole from.

[Buckeye McFrog]

The Chamber of Commerce is going to collectively soil their underwear.

And then money is going to start pouring into Democrat campaigns as Robert Mueller cranks it up to 11. Just you watch.

This is war.

[Moonman62]

readying a raft of actions to penalize China’s theft of American intellectual property,

...

It’s about time. Everybody knows this has been a problem for a long time.

[DoodleDawg]

...including tariffs on at least $30 billion of annual Chinese imports, people familiar with the discussions said.

That's 6% of our total imports from China. Not much of a message.

[confederatecarpetbag]

This follows the news last week the Trump Admin. nixed the Broadcom-Qualcomm merger - largely because of the R&D lead such a deal would cede to Chinese computer maker Huawei, which is a defacto subsidiary of the Beijing government. It was a move aimed at protecting U.S intellectual property

[Balding_Eagle]

This move by Trump is as idiotic as the Korean Nuclear War that he just kicked off with his mindless taunting of Kim, the endless Days of Rage being waged against us by the Palestinians over Trump boneheaded recognition of Jerusalem.

And THAT’S just scratching the surface,

[Stentor]

This thread gives some insight into the election of Lambtard.

[Sam Gamgee]

We have been pussy footing around China since Nixon, out of fear or self interest, I don’t know. But finally we have someone who is putting the screws to China. This can only benefit America. Sure, dollar store shit will be more expensive, but worth the cost.

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[ek_hornbeck]

Good. Trump made a campaign promise, and he has kept it - what a refreshing change compared to other politicians. My only complaint is that the tariffs don’t go far enough or cover enough nations - trade with China isn’t the sole reason for our massive trade deficit or for de-industrialization and capital flight.

[Reno89519]

We should put 100% tariff on anything made in China.

[ilovesarah2012]

I’d just be happy if China stopped killing our pets.

[bert]

The tariff announcements on steel and washing machines are window dressing.

This announcement is the window

[RetiredArmy]

Put tariffs on all the worthless crap that the Red Chinese ship over here to sell for $2.95. Cheap wood or plastic crap that lasts six weeks at best.

[JPJones]

Best President evah!