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Bayard

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7. China is still the one paying those tariffs, right?

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Mon Mar 24, 2025, 10:56 AM

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China is turning up pressure on Walmart. That could mean higher prices for US customers [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 OP

OMG are the Waltons going to find out that they are not the gods they thought they were? LiberalArkie Mar 2025 #1

Reminds me of "The Man that said NO to Walmart" Born Free Mar 2025 #13

China has the advantage....even with a 20% add, its goods are still cheaper. We can't turn on new... dutch777 Mar 2025 #2

So if trump imposes tariffs on Chinese goods, chinese companies have to raise prices to Walmart. Walmart wants Chinese Srkdqltr Mar 2025 #3

Not exactly. The Chinese companies don't raise their prices; the tariff that Walmart has to pay to the US government Ol Janx Spirit Mar 2025 #4

And foreign prices will likely increase beyond the tariffs as demand will fall proportionally IbogaProject Mar 2025 #15

That's not actually historically accurate. The Great Depression started in 1929 while the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act... Ol Janx Spirit Mar 2025 #18

Weird headline. It is WalMart that is pressuring China. GreatGazoo Mar 2025 #5

The first sentence of the OP excerpt has this BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #6

China is still the one paying those tariffs, right? Bayard Mar 2025 #7

No - it's the people who IMPORT from China who would pay BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #8

I guess I forgot this.... Bayard Mar 2025 #10

When I saw your BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #12

Their cost of living is lower which is called a Comparative Advantage IbogaProject Mar 2025 #16

A "new" class of the populace were only recently able to afford to purchase what they make BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #17

Alternatives Magoo48 Mar 2025 #9

So, they are blaiming the coming 20% price increase Miguelito Loveless Mar 2025 #11

MAGA shop at Walmart and they can't blame President Biden now for those tariffs and higher prices. kimbutgar Mar 2025 #14

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