America's last major TV plant closing down due to Trump's tariffs

[Vandalshandle]

Making America great again!

The Last Major TV Factory in the U.S. Is Shutting Down Because of Trump's Tariffs

 

[Correll]

"Made" from parts from China.


Not very impressive.

 

[Crepitus]

"Made" from parts from China.


Not very impressive.

American jobs kid.

 

[westwall]

Hopefully they will build a plant that actually MAKES the stuff here, and doesn't just assemble them.

 

[Correll]

"Made" from parts from China.


Not very impressive.

American jobs kid.

Lets reduce the massive 300 billion a year trade deficit we have with China, and see how that works out, before we declare this a lost war.

 

[Vandalshandle]

126 more Americans out of work.

 

[westwall]

126 more Americans out of work.

For now. Given the need for workers today they will be back to work in a week.

 

[Vandalshandle]

Largest US nail manufacturer lays off employees, warns it may have to shut down over Trump tariffs

 

[Vandalshandle]

Coca-Cola cites Trump's tariffs in raising prices on soft drinks

 

[Vandalshandle]

https://nypost.com/2018/07/25/chevy-coke-plan-to-raise-prices-amid-trump-trade-war/

 

[Vandalshandle]

U.S. soybean exports scrapped as China shifts to Brazilian beans

 

[Vandalshandle]

Harley-Davidson: Trump's tariffs pose grave threat to famous American name

 

[Wyatt earp]

Hopefully they will build a plant that actually MAKES the stuff here, and doesn't just assemble them.

They were not even assembling them , made a comment about them two years ago here.


Walmart subsidizes the U.S. government's welfare program to a tune of. $15,080 per employee a year


Walmart’s ‘Made In USA’ Televisions Are Allegedly Made In China



Element Electronics boasts of beingthe only American-owned and American-assembled television company. Flashy red-white-and-blue packaging helps it do business with Walmart as part of the retailer’s quarter-trillion-dollar “Made in USA” initiative. But according to a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint filed Tuesday, the company isn’t making anything in America after all.

Instead, the complaint alleges, the Chinese-made TVs arrive to Element’s South Carolina assembly line in boxes adorned with a waving American flag and the slogan “America Matters” on the front and the phrase “assembled in the USA” on top. Element’s employees unscrew a plastic panel, install a Chinese-made motherboard, close the panel, and return the TVs to their patriotic packaging so that they can be shipped out to Walmart,

 

[Wyatt earp]

Harley-Davidson: Trump's tariffs pose grave threat to famous American name

Just a question , why are you against higher pay jobs?



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[Vandalshandle]

Whiskey wars: Trade tariffs hit hard in Trump country

 

[Correll]

Largest US nail manufacturer lays off employees, warns it may have to shut down over Trump tariffs

The tariffs only cover raw materials now. Enough assholes like him try that stunt, and that can be changed.


Absolutely no discussion of using American steel for the nails, mmm? Not even a leading soft ball question to explain why it is not doable....


Pretty lame.

 

[Vandalshandle]

Trump’s Trade War Is Wreaking Havoc on the Dairy Farmers He Says He Wants to Help

 

[007]

Looks like Vandal prefers things made in china, and a massive trade deficit against America.

 

[Indeependent]

Making America great again!

The Last Major TV Factory in the U.S. Is Shutting Down Because of Trump's Tariffs

Third thread.
Keep up.
No tariffs on finished products.
Fail.

 

[007]

Trump’s Trade War Is Wreaking Havoc on the Dairy Farmers He Says He Wants to Help

Course that 270% tariff Canada has on American dairy is AOK... right?