Reply To: US tariffs and trade woes for gaming

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@grantinvanman  “I genuinely just want #teamcholesterol to do its thing and deal with the Big Mac. Stop all this insanity.” is that wishing death? Over some tariffs? Covid responses had a bigger impact on price increases than these tariffs which never even came into effect. It’s good to take a breath, step back and put it in perspective.

Any reciprocal tariffs are the fault of that country, Australia decided not to do them and instead to negotiate and it worked out well for us. Again, the EU has higher tariffs on us than the USA does but nobody seems to be upset by that, because of the TV. The Tariffs didn’t drive food prices through the roof, the tariffs didn’t overwhelm the housing market, but they seem to be the only thing people care about because it’s the trendy thing to care about.

Our major Supermarkets were caught ripping off farmers by cancelling contracts at the last minute, paying the small penalty then buying up the food for cents on the dollar while massively increasing food prices. Nobody cares about that because on the other side of the planet the USA talked about a 10% tariff that never even came into effect?

The “Australia Tax” isn’t a tax it’s just the attitude foreigners have to Australia where they markup prices for no reason especially digital stuff, there’s no crazy taxes, no shipping costs but magically it’s more expensive, the term comes from a Government Inquiry which went nowhere. GW is particularly heinous because they ban us buying stuff then their warehouse is in such shambles everything is 2-6 weeks behind so we can’t even order stuff at the same time as other people. Pay more for the privilege of being treated worse.

Let’s also all be honest, the reason that stuff is cheaper in China is because it’s made in sweatshops without worker protections, right or livable pay. Also they steal IP’s and have no respect for the environment. It’s not like people get stuff made there because of the high quality or speed. Every value we Western Countries claim to hold that makes producing things here more expensive we are happy to throw in the gutter when it comes to China/India/Southeast Asia in general.