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BumRushDaShow

(151,323 posts)
Mon Apr 14, 2025, 04:28 AM Apr 14

Companies are already adding a 'Trump surcharge' to bills to deal with tariff price increases

Source: msn/The Independent

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Companies across the country are adding a surcharge to customers’ bills in the wake of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

On April 2, Trump announced blanket tariffs of at least 10 percent on nearly every country, in what he called “Liberation Day” for the U.S. Then, on Wednesday he paused these tariffs for 90 days, citing Americans becoming “yippy” and “afraid.”

He only excluded China from the pause and is now engaged in a trade war with Xi Jinping as the U.S. levies 145 percent tariffs on Chinese goods while Beijing has put a 125 percent retaliatory tariff in place.

Now, U.S. business owners say they’re passing along higher prices to customers as Trump’s trade war with China continues and they brace for the end of the 90-day pause. Sexual wellness brand Dame has added a $5 “Trump tariff surcharge” to all purchases automatically, CBS News reports. "Our whole industry is in China, so we've already seen the impact," Dame CEO Alexandra Fine told CBS.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/companies-are-already-adding-a-trump-surcharge-to-bills-to-deal-with-tariff-price-increases/ar-AA1CQGUS

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Companies are already adding a 'Trump surcharge' to bills to deal with tariff price increases (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 14 OP
republican surcharge pls nt msongs Apr 14 #1
Even domestic goods and services will go up in price, Squaredeal Apr 14 #2
I prefer the term "Trump Discount". eppur_se_muova Apr 14 #3

Squaredeal

(635 posts)
2. Even domestic goods and services will go up in price,
Mon Apr 14, 2025, 06:04 AM
Apr 14

To take into account general inflation resulting from the import duties. It’s inevitable.

eppur_se_muova

(38,937 posts)
3. I prefer the term "Trump Discount".
Mon Apr 14, 2025, 01:38 PM
Apr 14

Like everything Turnip promises, you get the opposite result of what MAGAts expect.

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