It's like you're intellectually challenged and don't understand the scale of certain industries far exceeds others. The car market in the US is a behemoth. Train carriages, peanuts, and tobacco...like really?

Inform thyself



Now it's totally possible that the 25% exports to US compared to 14% exports to EU is a result of German cars possibly being more desirable in EU as well as US but i sure as hell think the tariff has much more to do with it.

This post was edited by ofthevoid on May 31 2018 07:58pm

the chicken tax can't be compared to other tariffs as if it was paid at the full 25% value, because all the manufacturers just circumvent it by various means like disassembling/reassembling parts or stripping seats out of imported 'passenger vehicles' to turn them into 'light trucks'. Thereby making the effective rate of the tariff much lower in impact. If you krauts don't like it, you shouldn't have put tariffs on our chickens to provoke it.

not the narrative the anti-Trump-propaganda mainstream media outlets are looking for

it's like you're intellectually challenged and can't find a real argument so you keep repeating the debunked one over and over - conveniently ignoring the part about the massive 25% tariff on trucks and vans, some of the most popular cars in america, of course.

again, there was no trade war before this. sure, both sides were unhappy with some of the tariffs, while trying to protect their own vital industries.
however, overall the trade relations were relatively balanced and average tariffs were extremely low.

the notion that slapping on a massive tariff for whole industries is merely a measure trying to 'fight back' against 'unfair trade' comes from a completely messed up and ignorant interpretation of trade deficits, that you seem to share with your emperor. no matter how often you repeat this uninformed talking point, the EU was not 'taking advantage' of america.

this escalation WILL hurt consumers, industries, and workers on BOTH sides. completely unnecessarily though, this strong man act is just meat for trump's base and appeals to gullible minds who just don't understand international trade...

oh really? tell me, which european built TRUCKS circumvent the tax that way, which european built trucks do you commonly see on american roads? i bet the closest thing you can come up with to justify your outrageous claim is what mercedes did with their 'sprinter' VAN in the early 2000s. no, the american truck market is effectively monopolised due to that massive tariff (and it show considering the 'quality' of them, but that's just a sidenote).

seriously, you might want to read up on that shit before you expose your lack of knowledge like that.

This post was edited by fender on May 31 2018 08:57pm

Chevys and Subarus made in Japan from 1963 to 1980, Toyotas, Suzuki and Honda all still use assembly plant loopholes, Mercedes and Dodges made in Germany, Ford and Chrysler vans made in Turkey
just to name a few



fenderp/10
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Trucks represent 18% of total vehicle sales in the US. They are not the most popular vehicle, you repeating dumb shit that's inaccurate then try to make an argument based on some non truth is precisely why people don't take you seriously on here.



Reference top kek

This post was edited by ofthevoid on May 31 2018 09:13pm

lmfao slammed like dresden ‘45

If I gave Fender a few hours on google before he comes back, do you think he could figure out what the competing interests are between the US's willingness to keep the largely defunct chicken tax as a bargaining chip in a trade war like this one, versus the lobbying from South Carolinans who love their assembly plant jobs that exist solely to circumvent a tariff?

This post was edited by Goomshill on May 31 2018 09:15pm