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Six months into tariffs, businesses have no idea how to price anything

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462 points JumpCrisscross | 5 comments | 30 Aug 25 20:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.819s | source
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mesk ◴[30 Aug 25 21:45 UTC] No.45078260[source]▶
Spending nights figuring out which tariffs apply to which imported goods is surely a well spent time for any business owner.

Yeah, complicated, costly and always changing regulations are great for doing business... /s

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1. vkou ◴[30 Aug 25 21:52 UTC] No.45078312[source]▶
Complicated, costly, and, as it turns out, illegal.
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2. 0cf8612b2e1e ◴[30 Aug 25 21:57 UTC] No.45078341[source]▶
Let’s see if the Supreme Court agrees. Dear Leader must be able to do as he pleases.
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3. lazide ◴[30 Aug 25 21:59 UTC] No.45078353[source]▶
We’ll see what the Supreme Court says, or what happens after he shuffles the deck a few times and yells at people more. :s

The underlying issue is complete chaos and confusion caused by this situation, not just any specific actual Tariff or not.

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4. EasyMark ◴[31 Aug 25 23:33 UTC] No.45088043[source]▶
I think they will. If they don't see this as gross breakage of the Constitution, then we're cooked no matter what. Clearly there is no "national emergency" like a war or economic depression, so he's breaking the law, either that or the law doesn't mean anything in a legal or common sense interpretation, just the imaginings of a tinpot orange dictator.
5. EasyMark ◴[31 Aug 25 23:34 UTC] No.45088053[source]▶
I think this won't be the last thing up Krasnov's (well the Project 2025 lawyers anyway) sleeve, I do think the SCOTUS will shoot down the tariffs though.