Wispy2891@lemmy.world to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoOP is shocked that an import tax is not paid by the exporterlemmy.worldimagemessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up11.17Karrow-down18file-text
arrow-up11.16Karrow-down1imageOP is shocked that an import tax is not paid by the exporterlemmy.worldWispy2891@lemmy.world to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square197fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHanrahan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThe argument by even supposedly slightly saner folks like Besset was all companies would absorb the cost and therefore win win and to be fair many of them have. https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/06/25/what-b2b-businesses-should-consider-before-absorbing-tariff-costs/ We’ve seen companies like Home Depot publicly declare it won’t pass along tariff-related increases to consumers. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/scott-bessent-is-underestimating-the-risk-of-a-us-treasury-selloff-by-desmond-lachman-2026-01 In this case the OP is just an idiot
The argument by even supposedly slightly saner folks like Besset was all companies would absorb the cost and therefore win win and to be fair many of them have.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/06/25/what-b2b-businesses-should-consider-before-absorbing-tariff-costs/
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/scott-bessent-is-underestimating-the-risk-of-a-us-treasury-selloff-by-desmond-lachman-2026-01
In this case the OP is just an idiot