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Posted on: July 8, 2025 at 15:29:48 CT

Spanky KU

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The tariff is Section 232 (of the Trade Expansion Act) related. The US needs domestic copper manufacturing and the tariff helps support that national defense imperative

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Copper tariffs ..yay(nm) - meatiger MU - 7/8 14:14:36

scrap or die (nm) - Columbian Gold MU - 7/8 14:39:52

I'm going to use the meat logic here - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 7/8 14:30:13

The cost of copper will not impact me?(nm) - meatiger MU - 7/8 14:32:21

don't worry man - the scapper will give you lots for it now(nm) - CulturedDan MU

- 7/8 14:37:10

you tell me - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 7/8 14:37:06

Since I buy products - meatiger MU - 7/8 14:47:44

LOL - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 7/8 15:45:05

Where have I said I am fine with that? - meatiger MU - 7/8 15:49:19

you call any sort of immigration control - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 7/8 15:57:24

yes - meatiger MU - 7/8 15:59:39

what should you suggest we do with them once they are - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 7/8 16:31:26

foot what bill? (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/8 17:10:50

the bill for them - Fire Marshall Bill MU - 7/8 19:04:00

they contribute - meatiger MU - 7/8 22:14:32

As we have seen with all previous tariffs, they are - Spanky KU - 7/8 14:59:58

The previous tariffs decimated our soybean export market - Rabbit Test MU - 7/8 15:42:57

The tariffed pricing has already hit the market despite - kmawv8 MU - 7/8 15:07:30

knee jerk reaction. - Spanky KU - 7/8 15:17:54

This is a spike specifically due to tariffs that - kmawv8 MU - 7/8 15:33:29

Nothing has been passed on to consumers - Spanky KU - 7/8 17:10:25

100% false (nm) - kmawv8 MU - 7/8 19:21:53

RE: knee jerk reaction. - meatiger MU - 7/8 15:23:58

Build their plants - Rabbit Test MU - 7/8 15:45:32

it's as if you intentionally know as little as possible abou - 90Tiger STL - 7/8 15:44:28

I know why he is doing it - meatiger MU - 7/8 15:48:15

I don't believe that's Trump's end game with this. - kmawv8 MU - 7/8 15:52:37

It was a Section 232 tariff - Spanky KU - 7/8 17:24:49

"it was determined" lol(nm) - meatiger MU - 7/8 22:14:56

Also - meatiger MU - 7/8 22:17:15

RE: I don't believe that's Trump's end game with this. - meatiger MU - 7/8 15:56:17

Again, I have no idea. - kmawv8 MU - 7/8 15:59:58

agree - meatiger MU - 7/8 16:03:08

National security - Spanky KU - 7/8 15:29:48

In the case of copper, maybe, maybe not - meatiger MU - 7/8 15:04:26

if it is in your TV, it may cost you an extra 5 dollars(nm) - tman MU - 7/8 14:58:58

Is that gonna be the answer to everything - meatiger MU - 7/8 15:02:10

and if copper is sourced alternatively as a result and price - 90Tiger STL - 7/8 15:17:39

The price will change all the time - meatiger MU - 7/8 15:22:34

It will not be 50% more expensive - Spanky KU - 7/8 15:30:46

copper is a commodity - meatiger MU - 7/8 15:34:34

no it will not. Just like tariffs on steel and aluminum (nm) - tman MU - 7/8 16:39:51

if it's permanent, maybe. is it? (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 7/8 15:17:12

With Trump, who knows(nm) - meatiger MU - 7/8 15:25:53

RE: With Trump, who knows(nm) - 90Tiger STL - 7/8 15:44:41