The rest of the world cheats us and Trump said, ‘No more.’

[Kruska]

The same way that Nissan and Volkswagen building cars in the US avoids US tariffs.

Nothing much do do with Tariffs - BMW had calculated in the early 90'ies that the production costs in it's plant (the largest BMW plant in the world) at Spartanburg SC are around 25% less then those in e.g. Germany. Almost all X BMW variants are being built there - due to the US at the time, having been foreseen to be the largest BMW customer market for X (SUV/SAV) vehicles.
BTW, BMW Spartanburg's annual export volume (60% of it's production) stands at around US$ 11 billion.

As for the present factual production costs - they are at around 18% less then in Germany. Foremost due to taking it's sub-suppliers in Mexico and partially Canada into account.
As such Trump threatening Tariffs of 15-25% on Mexico and Canada, factually endangers the plant in Spartanburg and it's 11,000 employees.
Not to mention possible retaliatory tariffs imposed by e.g. China, Mexico, EU, etc. etc. onto products coming from the USA. (e.g. BMW's).

Assembling a car near where it's going to be sold is actually more practical than shipping a completed car across the ocean.

That was long ago - the average shipping costs nowadays for an OEM (Transatlantic-Transpacific, RoRo ship) are at around US$ 400-600/car as opposed to around US$ 2000-3000 for someones private/individual shipping.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Um, they do that because our cars suck, and their cars are kind of awesome.

Their awesome cars will easily out compete our sucky cars at a 0% tariff.
So, they can drop their tariff to 0%.

I was going to say that!!

Great point!

 

[MarathonMike]

No, the rest of the world does not cheat us

We negotiate reciprocal trade agreements that benefit both parties.

Trump is engaging in “us against the world” trade wars that we will lose

What is your objection to the US matching EXACTLY what foreign countries charge us on products?

 

[Couchpotato]

Well, no there's no reason for them to.

Most European Cars are made in the US, and if we started pricing them out of the range of American consumers it will just put Americans out of jobs. (They'll still have plenty of customers in the rest of the world)

If the car is produced in the US there's no tariff.....

 

[Couchpotato]

Kruska

I don't think you understand how tariffs work.

 

[rightwinger]

Lets see the rest of the world…

Canada…Hates us
Mexico….Hates us
Greenland…..Hates us
Panama…..Hates us
Europe….Hates us
Arab World…..Hates us
Ukraine….Hates us

Russia….Loves us

Making America Great

 

[Hollie]

Um, they do that because our cars suck, and their cars are kind of awesome.

You compile a list of "the worst Cars ever made," and it's usually all American Models except for the Yugo.

Someone in Detroit thought the Pinto, the Chevette, the Gremlin were all good ideas.

Something they'd never consider in Bremen or Yokohama.

The reality is that most German and Japanese cars sold in the American Market now are made in the US, while most "American" cars sold in the US are made in Mexico.

There’s nothing “awesome” about the reliability of Mercedes or Volkswagen or Audi.

And as usual, you’re befuddled about “most "American" cars sold in the US are made in Mexico. They’re only assembled there because labor rates are vastly lower.

 

[Hollie]

Lets see the rest of the world…

Canada…Hates us
Mexico….Hates us
Greenland…..Hates us
Panama…..Hates us
Europe….Hates us
Arab World…..Hates us
Ukraine….Hates us

Russia….Loves us

Making America Great

They only hate you. Russia loves us? Not so much because US military hardware is being used to kill Russian soldiers.

As for Ukraine, the little comedian can hate the Great asatan all he wants. He can always choose to refuse our $billions of dollars and return the Abrams tanks we gave him.

 

[rightwinger]

They only hate you. Russia loves us? Not so much because US military hardware is being used to kill Russian soldiers.

As for Ukraine, the little comedian can hate the Great asatan all he wants. He can always choose to refuse our $billions of dollars and return the Abrams tanks we gave him.

I know…imagine that
Under Biden, US weapons were killing Russians
Under Trump…….Putin gets everything he wants

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

No, the rest of the world does not cheat us

We negotiate reciprocal trade agreements that benefit both parties.

Trump is engaging in “us against the world” trade wars that we will lose

So you are saying that there is no trade deficit between the US and other countries ?

US Trade Deficit by Country 2025

worldpopulationreview.com

 

[Hollie]

I know…imagine that
Under Biden, US weapons were killing Russians
Under Trump…….Putin gets everything he wants

What has your hero, Putin, gotten from Trump?

Putin got the “ minor incursion” allowance from the senile guy formally pretending to be president.

 

[rightwinger]

What has your hero, Putin, gotten from Trump?

Putin got the “ minor incursion” allowance from the senile guy formally pretending to be president.

Well…let’s see what Trump has offered Putin already

No Ukraine membership in NATO
Russia keeps captured territory
Lift Sanctions on Russia
Russian membership in G8

 

[rightwinger]

Putin got the “ minor incursion” allowance from the senile guy formally pretending to be president.

Biden built a global coalition to sanction Russia and provided tens of billions in state of the art military weapons

Trump called Putin a Genius for invading and mocked NATO as weak

 

[Hollie]

Biden built a global coalition to sanction Russia and provided tens of billions in state of the art military weapons

Trump called Putin a Genius for invading and mocked NATO as weak

Euro NATO is weak. Why is the little comedian calling for a “European army”

Biden’s global coalition of sanctioners was a failure. Tell us what sanctions have caused Putin to halt his war?

Biden’s minor incursion allowance is hardly in accordance with sanctions.

 

[rightwinger]

Euro NATO is weak. Why is the little comedian calling for a “European army”

Biden’s global coalition of sanctioners was a failure. Tell us what sanctions have caused Putin to halt his war?

Biden’s minor incursion allowance is hardly in accordance with sanctions.

NATO is the strongest military alliance in history and has stabilized Europe for 80 years

Trump is destroying it

 

[cnm]

Germany sells us 8 times as many cars as we sell them? Why? Listen to the explanation in the video.
Why can the Germans use tariffs and we can't?

Jesus. The whining.

Of course you can use tariffs. Go for it.

 

[Hollie]

NATO is the strongest military alliance in history and has stabilized Europe for 80 years

Trump is destroying it

Euro NATO is weak and ineffective, The Great Satan literally is Euro NATO. Biden humiliated Euro NATO by given his buddy Putin an allowance for a minor incursion.

 

[rightwinger]

Euro NATO is weak and ineffective, The Great Satan literally is Euro NATO. Biden humiliated Euro NATO by given his buddy Putin an allowance for a minor incursion.

The guy YOU voted for called Putin a genius for invading Ukraine

 

[JLW]

The system the US. created after WWII made this country very rich. This country in lifting up Europe and the world, lifted us up.

Now, MAGA morons are cheering its demise with nary a thought of what replaces it. Oh, these idiots think that going to a pre-WWII system that led to the Great Depression and two World Wars is the way to go.

Only MAGAs would put the future of this nation in the hands of a felon and ignoramus.

 

[cnm]

So you are saying that there is no trade deficit between the US and other countries ?

I know you're a MAGAt and therefore developmentally challenged but having a trade deficit doesn't mean anyone's cheating - well, except in Chump's feeble rhetoric and possibly his febrile imagination - it just means one country buys more from that particular country than it sells.

For instance, is the US cheating those countries which have a trade deficit with it?