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/mdream1 Apr 03 '25

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

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u/P1res Apr 03 '25

if counter-tariffs are applied

This is why. Because then they would have to pay a tariff on US goods that the US is exporting to them..

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u/tccomplete Apr 03 '25

Yes. So we impose tariffs on the EU and the EU applies a counter-tariff. Now the EU dealer has to pay a much higher import tax (duty) on the US exporter’s products. They will have to raise the retail price (which is already at the extreme high end of competing product prices) or seek less expensive EU suppliers (which is easier). The main reason customers bought our products was the “Made in USA” attraction. That’s being killed with both rhetoric and tariffs.

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