• jaaake@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Not just Chinese goods, but Chinese components. That cost will be passed on to the consumer. There are A LOT of things that aren’t made at all in the US. If you thought cost of living was high under Biden…

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        No. I’m absolutely sure that this was absolutely wreck the economy. However US manufacturing would finally be independent. I’m interested in this terrible experiment.

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          With how efforts have been going with getting US based semiconductor foundries up and attempts to replicate the quality and efficiency of TSMC, I think my old i7 920 will find decent value on the secondary market when the tariffs hit.