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What Trade War? China's Export Juggernaut Marches On (nytimes.com)
5 points by Ozarkian 221 days ago
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Surprise! Tariffs don't fix the problem.

US manufacturing jobs are still declining. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 80,000 have been lost in 2025 alone. Trump's solution --- fire the head of the bureau.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-seeks-to-fire-bu...

All tariffs are doing is raising prices paid by US consumers --- to help pay for the tax cuts in the big ugly bill.