Tariffs and sky high audio prices.


With the Chinese tariffs taking hold on 100% of the imports and maybe even on Mexico forthcoming, the audio industry is going to see another big jump in their sky high prices. Anyone making purchases ASAP to get lower prices from existing inventory before post tariff products enter the marketplace?
tubelvr1
As far as other nations sending their best and brightest to come study in the USA, is this new????? Is this a thing???? The USA used to send its best and brightest to England to study...oh wait, we still do. We send student all over the globe!!! When I was in graduate school, more than half of my classmates were International and you know what? They learned about us and our business methods and we learned about them and their business methods.

I get a little jacked up at the double standard I often hear that only Americans are allowed to set out in the world and expand their holdings but are quick to cry about it when the inverse, no matter how small, occurs. Here's something to think about....If you build an isolationist wall around yourself to keep other ideas and peoples out you soon realize that all that's left inside those very walls are the same people and the same old ideas....it also begins to resemble a jail, something we are quite good at building.
It is has been demonstrated that the American Chief Executive (President) has successfully executed at least one phase of his tariff plan, policy, and strategy with the successful conclusion of discussions and negotiations with Mexico who has now fully complied with the terms, conditions, and requirements set forth by your CEO. This must annoy, confound, or disturb his "critics" and of course the "experts" hear who have so disrespectfully disputed the unqualified achievemnts, success, and accomplishments of the most successful CEO (President) that the US has ever had at least in recent years. Trump wisely, expertly, and successfully used the tools available to him and he is showing the truth that for him "trade wars are easy to win" and I would fully expect Americans to have faith in his abilities to continue to plan, complete, and execute his winning strategy.
What a load, bunch and wagon full of PR, spin and outright falsehoods.
This goes to show that every country has a radical, extremist and closed minded right wing element that hero worships any strongman, autocrat and tin god entity that comes their way.

All the best,
Nonoise

@clearthink


History hasn’t been written yet on the bestest, greatest, most awesome and huge administration. Its not hard to win a negotiation with a tier 3 international power whose economy is in lock step with ours. It was the trade war version of wag the dog.

I dont know how you define "most successful in modern times". Is that the last year? 10 years? 20 years? 30 years? 50 years? 100 years? Reagan had a pretty good record and was internationally respected, even by our adversaries. Clinton had a good run and you could argue that the economy inherited by Obama made a pretty solid comeback. The recent tax cuts, which benefitted me personally, will go down in history as an inflection point, a point of no return for the middle class.
Clearthink,

As always I’ll hope for the best but will leave the have trust in Donald Trump part solely to you. Cheers!
We could exchange those people for Chinese tubes. But no, I would not be using those tubes, I would throw them away.