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Trump says he will introduce 25% tariffs on autos, pharmaceuticals and chips. (neuters.de)

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 3 months ago (14 children)

I was at a hibachi place in December and one of the managers was trying to light a candle. The lighter didn't work and he made a joke that it "must be made in China. It'll cost 25% more soon!" A guy at the table said "well you'll just need to buy one made in Pennsylvania!"

I asked him if he knew of any companies that manufactured disposable lighters in Pennsylvania, and he just said "Trump will make it happen!"

The disconnect is crazy.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

BIC probably produces lighters in the US, they have a couple of locations there. It could also be razor blades or ballpoint pens though and the lighters are coming in from Mexico. Or surfboards. Still can't believe they produce surfboards.

Or BIC might exit the US market, the French aren't exactly known to be forgiving or accommodating. If you make their US factories pay 25% on the flints they're importing from another factory elsewhere they might just say fuck it, let's burn this place down, we'll go somewhere where these lighters aren't hit by 25% retaliatory tariffs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

BIC is a French surfboard manufacturer?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure they had BIC windsurf boards in Canada when I was a kid.

Edit: Shit, they still do too, as of 2008.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Fascinating

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