Quote (Surfpunk @ Nov 3 2018 02:31pm)
This is Ford stating all of this, not me. Ask them how.
In a sense, they are right in regards to taxes. Corporations have ways to defer taxes if they think at some point in the future they will face a lower tax rate. So what they do is wait for tax breaks to pay the gov't. In that case, it is a one time benefit, but paying 15% vs 35% from now on will be an ongoing benefit, not a one time only benefit, at least until legislators decide to raise taxes again.
I think a lot of companies globally are using the trade war as a scapegoat for not growing as much as investors want them to. I'm not saying the trade war isn't damaging to the bottom line, but what I think is happening is it's purposely being magnified as a concern because it serves as a scapegoat for why growth is slowing.