Ehh. I can make do with local microbrews.
But what will yuppies do without Mercedes / Audi / BMW? Will they *ALL* go Lexus?
Posted on 07/01/2018 2:57:55 PM PDT by Olog-hai
US president Donald Trump’s threat to hit car imports with punitive tariffs risks sparking global retaliation against as much as $300 billion of US products, Brussels has warned.
The warning is the first time that the European Commission, in a written submission to the US Department of Commerce seen by the Financial Times, has set out a detailed response to Mr. Trump’s threat to slam punitive tariffs on imported vehicles, with EU capitals increasingly convinced that the unpredictable US president will act soon.
Mr. Trump on Sunday said that the EU was “as bad” as China when it came to the way European countries traded with the US. In an interview with Fox News, he dismissed suggestions that his attacks on the EU were counterproductive and that he should instead strengthen relations with European countries to tackle the Chinese trade issue together.
“The European Union is possibly as bad as China, just smaller … It is terrible what they do to us,” Mr. Trump said, citing “the car situation”.
Brussels said that an American investigation into whether foreign cars and parts posed a national security risk could plunge the global economy into a full-on trade war, harming employment in the US car sector, which accounts for more than four million jobs. …
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So, we need a list of American made items that tarrifs are going to be charged on so we can purchase more of them to make up for the loss during this time.
choosing japanese products over europoean products is sort of missing the whole point. bigly.
although I don’t like the idea of subsidizing the fascist bastards at the uaw.
Gee, I might not buy another BMW because it’s price went up even more??
I think the people buying BMW, Volvo, Mercedes, and others really don’t care about a tariff.
If you don’t want to buy an American car for whatever reason, there are a lot of Japanese cars built in the US.
Yes, the folks that can afford Mercedes and BMWs now may have to settle for Jaguars (India) or Volvos (Chinese). The Indians and Chinese may need to relocate a few factories to avoid the tariffs and lower costs.
I'm not sure what GM was whining about the other day. Opel is now French owned, and Buick makes some cars in China.
Agreed. We won’t be getting in a trade war with Europe. I don’t want to have to pay for it either. Tariffs are eating my lunch. Another tax basically.
At one point, the Camry was the most American car sold in the US.
In addition to Toyota (heavy US manufacturing), and the other Japanese companies, the Koreans (Kia and Hyundai) have factories in Alabama and Georgia; the Germans have factories in Alabama (Mercedes) and South Carolina (BMW), and maybe Tennessee (VW?). I think the Indians may assemble some Volvos in South Carolina.
Hey E. mookabooking, U,
You wanna sell your cars here?
Eat pooh.
Time to move our troops in Germany to Poland.
A country that really wants us there. And not to just soak us financially.
Hey Merkle, eat pooh and die ya stoopid.
If Made in USA American cars can compete with Made in USA Japanese cars, I will have no problem with American cars.
In price and quality, that is.
Ehh. I can make do with local microbrews.
But what will yuppies do without Mercedes / Audi / BMW? Will they *ALL* go Lexus?
Subarus are “IN” now.
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Poland and Hungary? Maybe.
“Europe will be forged in crises, and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises.”The current rule by crisis is designed to induce demand for an authoritarian leader, and once he’s in place, he’ll clean house. The EU has always wanted this.
—Jean Monnet
They don't have the *manpower* for a military (unless they conscript all those Musselmen from Syria and Turkey).
They don't have the *culture* for a military (the EU is splintering already; the Tariff war with the US will finish it off).
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3667651/posts
BTW, Shoygu beats the hell out of Ine Erickson Soreide. (They’re busy sexually integrating the Arctic Defense Forces. Yeah, men & women in little igloos together during a long cold winter with nobody else around. I wonder what’ll happen?)
Oh, they have the money. All they have to do is redirect some of the welfare cash. And like I said, they’re building it already although the press doesn’t like to report on it too much. Apart from what Germany’s doing (never mind their sizable heavy munitions industry), they already have a military HQ in Brussels. Remember, the plan is to unite all existing state militaries under one command and always has been. It’s also to weaken the USA at the same time. Things were going so right for them until 2016 too.
I posted a thread about that prior to the one you just linked.
Never underestimate rule by crisis. And especially not when they continue to talk belligerently against us.
We still have more nukes. :-)
I just don't see any unifying *identity* for all these low-T Euroweenies to rally around. And who are they going to invade? Serbia? The Duchy of Grand Fenwick? Turkey?
Well, ok, maybe Poland and Hungary.
If they do that, three gets you five The Donald and Vlad get together for an all-time EPIC ass-kicking of Europe like you wouldn't _believe_.
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