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Prior to May of 2018, wasn't China already charging a 25% tariff on US made Car imports? Then due to pressure from the US, they reduced it to 15% temporarily until this article yesterday that it is going back to 25%. So it seems it's just back to what China was always charging and therefore should have no added impact? So no one seemed to worry about Chinese demand for BMWs over the last decade of 25% tariffs. I know there are a lot of Trump haters here, but he is ultimately trying to get that 25% down which would help BMW and the USA. It seemed to temporarily work back in May and I'm still optimistic that when this is all said and done we will overall be in a better place with reduced tariffs that will have a positive impact on Americans.
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That being said, there was a 25% tariff for a decade and no one seemed to care about the impacts American workers. It was just accepted. I wish everyone was this vocal then. And of course China does a bunch of other bad stuff so glad to see someone pushing back finally. |
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If the sales in China drops significantly then we should expect BMW to raise the prices globally to make up the difference. Welcome to trade wars were the consumer gets f@#$d
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Can’t tell if your bieng sarcastic?
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Or... BMW decides to build another model line in Spartanburg that is sold in the US, say the 3-series?
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As much as I dislike the approach the president has taken with respect to trade, I would never actively root for the failure of an entire town and it’s people just to be right. All the luck to Spartanburg!
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From USA Today article April 10, 2018...
"Automakers shipped at least 1,000 units of each of nearly 20 models from American plants in 2017, according to research firm LMC Automotive." BMW shipped 107,000 vehicles from Sparatanburg to China in 2017. 28% of plant production, yet the X-Series all in all have about 37% USA part content. WOW is this a big problem! IIRC the US has a 2% tariff on Chinese produced cars, while China has 25% on US cars. So where has everyone been crying about BMW lost profit and jobs with the 25% tariff (vs. 2%) ALREADY imposed on BMW USA-produced X-Series... Just askin'
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Doesn't make sense. Then they have to pay a 25% tax on all exports.
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Just to remind evreyone we are talking about a town here. Real
People with real jobs. This isn’t just numbers. Also it has all the employment data as well as supporting jobs: 30,000 people directly connected the the plant. https://www.spartanburgcounty.org/654/BMW
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The President's approach to trade is still a work in progress IMO. I'll decide the validity of the approach once the issue is negotiated and settled. The global-sourced automotive industry is, as it now is, may not fall under the traditional concepts of "trade war" from the past. I'm will to wait and see. Also what I laughed about was Hardly-Davidson crying about the EU tariff threat. Not many people remember in the late 1970's how hard AMF-owned Harley-Davidson lobbied the Government to impose strong tariffs on Japanese-made motorcycles of 750CC or above. President Reagan imposed those tariffs on the Japanese industry and saved Harley's ass. The poorly-run AMF H-D would have gone bankrupt had the tariff not been imposed. That and the great economy of the 1980's.
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