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When UPS charged me a $684 tariff on $355 of vintage computer parts

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320 points goldenskye | 1 comments | 15 Nov 25 23:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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JSR_FDED ◴[16 Nov 25 00:41 UTC] No.45941785[source]▶
Tariffs are great. They protect the struggling domestic IT industry and gives it time to ramp up its production of vintage computer parts.
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WillPostForFood ◴[16 Nov 25 02:55 UTC] No.45942380[source]▶
We need manufacturing in the US. The service economy can't survive long term; you have to make things. Tariffs are not fun, but they are an important part of making that happen.

But, tariffs on used cameras or vintage electronics does not help bring manufacturing back. Let's just bring back the de minimis exemption for things like this. More industry targeted tariffs, fewer blanket tariffs.

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1. matwood ◴[16 Nov 25 06:51 UTC] No.45943278[source]▶
> We need manufacturing in the US.

Overall there is a lot of manufacturing in the US. What the US doesn't have are manufacturing jobs because labor is more expensive than automation.

Maybe you meant the US should make sure to have some certain types of manufacturing like chips. In that case, targeted programs are a better approach than any sort of tariffs. See the CHIPS act for example.