[central_va]

Nevertheless, from a purely sales perspective, it’s a smart pitch, and one that’s designed to appeal to Americans’ sense of fair play. It’s a theme picked up by almost every Republican House fast-track (TPA) and TPP backer, as well as the few Democrat backers. Currently, the United States imposes no tariffs on roughly 80 percent of goods from TPP countries. And yet, U.S. exports often run into a brick wall when trying to reach overseas customers. For example, Vietnam slaps 70 percent tariffs on U.S. cars, Malaysia tacks a 50 percent duty on U.S. motorcycles, and Japan adds 189 percent on U.S. shoes.

[Gaffer]

All I can say is that at come point, we out here in drive by America had better be educating ourselves in how to grow some damned vegetables on our own. Rutabagas, Beets, Corn, Tomatoes, potatoes, and such....

[ClearCase_guy]

Horrible deals. Everytime.

Maybe we should elect someone who knows how to do this stuff.

[20yearsofinternet]

Ted Cruz’s genius plan to “move jobs back to America” is a VAT tax.

I can’t believe so many people buy in to his globalist garbage.

[G Larry]

Forget the TPP.

It is our own REGULATION and TAXATION that kills U.S. industry and productivity.

[LonePalm]

A simple solution to the problem with tariffs on our exports would be to change the way we impose tariffs.

Pass a law that establishes the tariff on each nation's goods at the highest tariff that nation charges on any of our goods they import.

Don't want high tariffs on your exports, simple solution, reduce your tariffs on our exports.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[boycott]

It is obscene we have American citizens and politicians that would support such garbage.

[NonValueAdded]

We can’t negotiate worth chit. Trump! Trump! Trump!

[Disambiguator]

Nevertheless, from a purely sales perspective, it’s a smart pitch, and one that’s designed to appeal to Americans’ sense of fair play. It’s a theme picked up by almost every Republican House fast-track (TPA) and TPP backer, as well as the few Democrat backers. Currently, the United States imposes no tariffs on roughly 80 percent of goods from TPP countries. And yet, U.S. exports often run into a brick wall when trying to reach overseas customers. For example, Vietnam slaps 70 percent tariffs on U.S. cars, Malaysia tacks a 50 percent duty on U.S. motorcycles, and Japan adds 189 percent on U.S. shoes.

I always thought that we should have a "mirror" tariff imposed on foreign countries. Whatever tariffs they slap on us, we do exactly the same to them. That would be fair.

[semimojo]

For example, Vietnam slaps 70 percent tariffs on U.S. cars, Malaysia tacks a 50 percent duty on U.S. motorcycles, and Japan adds 189 percent on U.S. shoes.

The TPP addresses and reduces the tariffs of each of these countries.

Seriously, how do you think tariffs get eliminated if not through reciprocal trade agreements?

[Moltke]

Does that VAT apply *only* to US goods or is that the standard VAT for any such goods sold in the respective countries? The latter is my understanding of VAT.