[gmoot]

That is the whole point of Tariffs. To discourage purchase of foreign goods.

[shigawire]

There would have to be a lot of pain to lead to domestically produced consumer electronics. And I'm not sure that end state is even desirable.

[iteratethis]

There's no such thing in a product as complicated as a laptop.

[bagels]

I'm not buying domestic either. The tariffs are effectively on everything, because nearly everything will have tariffed inputs.

[insane_dreamer]

Right.

But are there any locally produced Windows laptops? No company is going to spin up local production for some tariffs that Trump might decide to reverse next week (a-la-Canada).

[hilux]

The explicit points of the Trump tariffs are to raise revenue (which contradicts your point), and to encourage the revival and development of US business in the relevant sectors - which cannot physically happen in any short timeframe.

[tootie]

Is it? Is that was Trump said? The US economy is driven by consumer spending and decreasing consumer spending is in nobody's interest.