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A tariff imposed on foreign goods means that the consumers (ie, the Americans) have to pay more money for them. Any money made off of Trump's tariffs will be the money of the American citizenry, not money from Mexico.
Here's a video that describes how tariffs work.
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EpicNate2Join Date: 2011-08-29
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@Mistface
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MistfaceJoin Date: 2011-01-03
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Wow, you really disproved my argument that a policy affecting people of one country can't be racist because it only affects one country.
That's like saying a tariff with Germany was racist against white people.
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MistfaceJoin Date: 2011-01-03
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Yeah.
It's supposed to damage the Mexican economy as an incentive to pay for the wall directly.
It only affects Americans that buy Mexican products as opposed to American products.
Mexico gets less trade with America.
That hurts Mexico.
Mexico wants to stop hurting.
Mexico and America strike a deal.
I should've also mentioned that a tariff was one of the PROPOSED methods to pay for the wall.
That's my fault.
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Nothing is stopping Mexico from signing on with China or any South American nations for trade, sir. I don't think the Mexican people would tolerate funding Trump's Wall, even if it stopped the economic hardship. Nationalism is a hell of a ##### |
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MistfaceJoin Date: 2011-01-03
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Except for the increased costs of transport and new trade deals that need to be made.
(Also 81% of all Mexico's exports are to America. It's not easy to find a replacement for 81% of your trade when your #1 trade partner puts a limit on you.)
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Mexican citizens revile our administration. What makes you think they wouldn't do the hard work to find new trading partners (I believe they've already begun talks with China and TPP) when the alternative is kowtowing to an administration that has insulted their pride?
You're assuming that they'll bend to economic hardship, but my experience with Latin Americans seems to suggest otherwise. |
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well also mistface
mexico is america's 3rd largest trade partner, so you could see how it'd hurt. |
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outgodJoin Date: 2013-03-03
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YEET YEET
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MistfaceJoin Date: 2011-01-03
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We also have the world's largest economy.
Mexico also doesn't make up an overwhelming majority of our exports.
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MistfaceJoin Date: 2011-01-03
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The wall is now 20 feet taller.
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dude we export more to mexico than china
they're our third biggest trade partner |
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MistfaceJoin Date: 2011-01-03
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China is #2.
That's not how math works.
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yes they are #1 because of the imports we get from them
but we export more to mexico |
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MistfaceJoin Date: 2011-01-03
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Like I said, the tariff isn't even a final solution so there's really no point in debating this further.
We'll just have to wait and see.
But really, tariffs won't kill trade. They serve as a kind of sales tax on foreign competition.
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yeah it's true that it's not a definite solution picked, they could easily find another idea and could be putting this one out for opinions because it seems they've been doing it a lot. |
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WolfaneJoin Date: 2011-03-08
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There is no way Mexico will pay a dime to the US or even cooperate with the Trump administration on the subject of 'the wall'.
So much for the greatest negotiator. |
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no one has said yeet yeet yet |
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MistfaceJoin Date: 2011-01-03
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Oh wow! We have someone who can see into the future! Tell us how you know this all with such great certainty!
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MistfaceJoin Date: 2011-01-03
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They did. But now the wall is 20 feet higher.
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you do realize, we are taking the same taxes, just taking the money from stupid crap like ######## and putting it to good use like paying for the wall. |
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WolfaneJoin Date: 2011-03-08
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That's because establishing your self as 'anti-trump' is utterly useless at this point in time.
He won, and is the president as it stands.
Instead. Establish yourself as 'pro-logic' and only be 'anti-' on individual issues which undermine standards of reason. |
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InnocuityJoin Date: 2012-08-05
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As pointed out by someone earlier, tariffs on imports from mexico would only hurt the US Consumer. Nearly every single item would raise in price. |
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MistfaceJoin Date: 2011-01-03
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Except that people are less likely to buy the product at a higher price, resulting in the seller losing sales.
The seller being foreign in this case.
Economics.
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