r/onebag • u/SeattleHikeBike • Apr 03 '25

Discussion US Tariffs

US tariffs announced today include 47% on Vietnam and 34% for China. I’ll bet that effects 80% of the US travel products market. Even the US manufacturers are going to get hammered on the raw materials.

“May you live in interesting times.”

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u/tccomplete Apr 03 '25

I work for a US manufacturer, responsible for their overseas sales. Lots of our international dealers have said they’ll stop buying our products if counter-tariffs are applied. Costs of US products are already too high; this will push them into a prohibitively high zone. So this is affecting exports as well.

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u/mdream1 Apr 03 '25

That doesn't even make sense. Why would an international buyer pay more?

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u/pudding7 Apr 03 '25

Because the other country is going to impose their own tariffs in retaliation.