who will pay? U.S. consumers to be hurt by tariffs (ZT)

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U.S. consumers to be hurt by tariffs

Prices for everything for Christmas lights to bikes to go up .

President Donald Trump said Monday that China is paying the U.S. billions of dollars in tariffs as he ramps up his trade war with Beijing. But that's inaccurate: American consumers and businesses are the ones who will be paying higher costs for imports after he slapped penalties on $200 billion in Chinese goods.

The duties, which go into effect Sept. 24, amount to a 10 percent tax on everything from Christmas lights to bicycles and are likely to be passed on to consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season.

“Every time this trade war escalates, the risk to U.S. consumers grows,” National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay said following the tariff order Monday.

With orders already onboard ships headed to U.S. ports, retailers like Walmart and Target who source heavily from China will face the additional 10 percent tariff on many imported items starting next Monday. That tax will rise to 25 percent on Jan. 1, making it increasingly hard for stores to avoid passing the costs onto their customers.

The products include canned mandarin oranges, rawhide for pets, hair-care products, dog leashes and dog collars, luggage, handbags, wrapping paper, gas grills, makeup mirrors, vacuum cleaners, toothbrush replacement heads, razors, air conditioners, futons, patio furniture, wooden furniture and mattresses among others, according to a list released by the administration earlier this year.

As expected, Beijing on Tuesday met Trump’s move by announcing plans to slap duties on another $60 billion worth of U.S. exports. That in turn is expected to prompt Trump to target another $267 billion worth of Chinese goods, as he warned Monday night he would do.

 
 

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中概股猛跌 -财富001- 给 财富001 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 09/18/2018 postreply 12:29:56

Actually, this one consumer wins. -randomeSell- 给 randomeSell 发送悄悄话 randomeSell 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/18/2018 postreply 12:36:47

人民币贬值多少?这些关税只能抵消人民币贬值,所以不可能导致物价上涨 -南山阳- 给 南山阳 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 09/18/2018 postreply 12:45:12

据说天朝还加大了出口退税。并且收税是200B,贬值是所有商品,也就是说是600B。所以美国买家是赚到了而不是亏了。左派就瞎咋呼。 -randomeSell- 给 randomeSell 发送悄悄话 randomeSell 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/18/2018 postreply 12:52:37

1-原料涨的厉害。2-许多企业,特别是大中型企业对此无兴趣,3-5%的降价最多了。 -农业砖家- 给 农业砖家 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 09/18/2018 postreply 15:52:09

Walmart ,Costco 这些早就在越南, 孟加拉这些国家采购. 他们不会吊在中国这颗树上 -熙来熙往- 给 熙来熙往 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 09/18/2018 postreply 13:30:28

据我知道的一些WMT部门并没有离开中国,双方吃下了这10%,明年的订单,难讲。 -农业砖家- 给 农业砖家 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 09/18/2018 postreply 15:54:02

RMB早就想贬值,贬值的效果是flooding emerging market -exds- 给 exds 发送悄悄话 (472 bytes) () 09/18/2018 postreply 18:09:47

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