US small item tariffs.

[Canuk]

France doesn't have anything I want......

The US doesn't have anything I want

 

[Retrorockit]

Don't worry, everything here is imported now anyway.

 

[bagpuss]

 

[Retrorockit]

Rene Herse has an article on tariffs. It's pretty long, and not so much about the small item tariff. but thebicycle industry as a whole.
https://www.renehersecycles.com/bikes-in-the-age-of-tariffs/

 

[Retrorockit]

France doesn't have anything I want......

That's not entirely true. I'm using Michelin Latex inner tubes in 26". BUT they were "Not for sale in the US" before tariffs. I had to find a vendor someplace else who would ship them to me. So it's the French that are the problem.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Yup. Who’d have thought it would be inconvenient, still it will no doubt hugely benefit the US economy.

They'll be building the Vintage Bike Part factories shortly

 

[Nothin-fancy]

They'll be building the Vintage Bike Part factories shortly

I bet Campagnolo is going to be building a new factory in Florida.

 

[Black_Hills_Biker]

Yup. Who’d have thought it would be inconvenient, still it will no doubt hugely benefit the US economy.

How exactly will US consumers paying higher prices for goods be a benefit to the economy? Even if importers eat part of the tariff cost, it is still a negative in that the company's income goes down. Bottom line is that tariffs are taxes paid for by citizens/companies of the importing country. Tariffs have never, nor never will be, a boon to an economy.

 

[Retrorockit]

There's been a court ruling that Trump doesn't have the authority to impose all these tariffs. He's claiming National Emergency Powers. The court has given him until Oct. to appeal this. Of course by then it probably will be an emergency.
Russian Nuclear Icebreakers will probably be bringing Chinese products across the Arctic to UK soon.

 

[Retrorockit]

I bet Campagnolo is going to be building a new factory in Florida.

They'll be building the Vintage Bike Part factories shortly

We have Rene Herse for that lightweight retro-pean stuff.