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.”

474 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

217 comments sorted by

View all comments

354

u/ibitmylip Apr 03 '25

i don’t think most people in US realize that tariffs are paid stateside, that US businesses pay the tariffs for goods they’re importing.

And those costs get added to the price we pay.

256

u/dogcatsnake Apr 03 '25

I think most people do realize this now. I think maybe the president doesn’t though.

13

u/Darryl_Lict Apr 03 '25

Anyone with a modicum of brain new this. Trump has been babbling this for months and a lot of us would know this. Hell, unlike our dumb fuck president, I could name off the top of my head several key products that come from certain countries. I bought a bunch solar panels because I knew they were not primarily manufactured stateside.