Honest question - can you not get these products from other stores or do all of them source products from Mexico and China? If so, it does seem like DOGE and other price saving initiatives will be closer to a net 0.
The supply chain has been global for decades, especially with the countries he targeted. It’s really messy with the North American free trade area since parts are shipped around a lot as they get made and assembled and all of those supply chains break in odd ways if there are customs delays. People are predicting that will add something like $3-10k to the price of a new car:
In many cases, the U.S. no longer has manufacturing capacity in certain markets so the most likely outcome is simply that prices go up or manufacturing shifts to other countries like Vietnam, especially in an uncertain economic climate where companies aren’t jumping to take on debt chasing demand which could disappear at any time.
One other area where we don’t have alternatives: Mexican agriculture - their growing season is longer and that means American consumers either aren’t getting things out of season or are paying more for things like greenhouse crops.
Or could be net negative if there are a bunch of wrongly termination suits and settlements, or it actually costs the govt more because they now have to outsource work to private companies be wise they fired too many people who were in fact doing useful work
You cannot go into a large org and understand what is and is not working in a few weeks. DOGE has been sloppy and largely more political theater this far
https://apnews.com/article/tariffs-cars-automakers-trump-can...
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/04/business/econ...
In many cases, the U.S. no longer has manufacturing capacity in certain markets so the most likely outcome is simply that prices go up or manufacturing shifts to other countries like Vietnam, especially in an uncertain economic climate where companies aren’t jumping to take on debt chasing demand which could disappear at any time.
One other area where we don’t have alternatives: Mexican agriculture - their growing season is longer and that means American consumers either aren’t getting things out of season or are paying more for things like greenhouse crops.