Is anyone talking about it - serious tariff war shots fired

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Lizzie, 23rd Mar, 2018.

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  1. Lizzie

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    I think he was meaning - many other jobs that are on incredibly low wages.

    A friend recently travelled the US and was shocked to witness a person behind the counter, in a corner store, peeing into a bottle. The guy was so embarrassed but said he couldn't afford to take breaks during the day (apparently breaks weren't paid)

    There is a real and pitiful class of working poor in the US
     
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    Currently undertaking training for a new career because I can't find a job.

    But @Lizzie is correct. I'm talking about the many sorts of jobs where people work for low rates.
     
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    I think employees should keep full tips, by this I mean the employer should not get a share of this
     
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    I meant between staff members not the employer. I understand (stand to be corrected) that sometimes tips are pooled between all staff members and divvied up.
     
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    Perhaps it's more subtle than you think.

    Despite interest rates being at an all time low - and employment at a high - wages aren't rising, people aren't spending - a general malaise and "aware but not alarmed" is in the air means the economy is stalling.

    There is a shift happening in the world economy and it's making people wary due to the uncertainty
     
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    But we already know this, nothing to do with tariffs.
    But like to see evidence on impact of tariffs today if anything on Oz?
     
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    How do you know? Results and fallout are rarely direct unless you are the target country. The target country was China - fallout is an unsettling in Australian business

    Regardless - big wheat and soya deals going to Russia has gotta hurt the mid-west
     
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    Not too worried about US tbh

    With Oz thats my point its only speculation
     
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    Australian aluminium should have benefited from an exemption from US tariffs - but I can't see any figures to tell if production has increased. It may be difficult to expand production and to cut back on existing bauxite export contracts.

    Australia dodged a bullet when the US decided not to impose quotas of US sourced uranium on power plants.
    Quite likely.

    China's economy was already in decline before the trade wars. They would only have made the decline worse. This will affect Australia's economy.

    While Australia's economy is strongly linked to China's, it's also linked directly to the US. China is way ahead of the US in trade value, but the US is up there. The existing trade war is likely to affect Australia, but any direct changes to trade terms with the US (which have been threatened) will hurt a lot.
     
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    Nah, US farmers are the biggest hippocrites in the world, put on a charade about capitalism and self dependence , while being the biggest beneficiaries of socialism. Capitalize gains, usually through higher land prices and socialize production costs. As they are Trumps support base, he is giving them has much in compensation than he gets from the Tarriffs. US consumers and taxpayers pay twice, once for high price on goods and again to support those higher prices. Consumers and taxpayers are the ones who get hurt,
     
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    Dust has not settled yet, round 2
     
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