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.