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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's my example of tariffs not only causing prices to increase but also causing long delays.
Normally this company ships out in a few days after an order and I receive the items a couple days later. After realizing it had been over 2 weeks since the earliest of my orders I sent an email to the companys customer service. They said all their orders since Aug 6th are all sitting in customers and they arent hearing back from customs. This must really be hurting the companys cash flow. It will also mean I order less as Ill likely be paying 15% more than I would have before the tariffs. Id read that changing trade agreements usually take a long time in part to allow countrys systems to catch up with the new amounts/restrictions etc. Who knows when Ill get what I ordered.
Tariffs = taxes on Consumers.

Klarkashton
(3,786 posts)All that bullshit motherhood about the corporations being patriotic and eating the tariffs is going by the by.
Some jolly day we'll be getting "We had no idea this would happen".
Silent Type
(10,815 posts)The new estimate is $4 T vs. $2.5 earlier.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61697
trump will tell us how he will make us all rich, and half of country will want to believe his BS.
JustAnotherGen
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