The current tariffs on US cars in the EU is 10%, 6% on cars from Asia. Start examine the existing EU tariffs on other US goods and you will start learning what this "trade war" is about. Germany has a 25% duty due on all American whiteware, all American Capital Equipment. High end audiophile equipment made in the US faces a 50% duty throughout the EU. The McIntosh MAC7200 stereo receiver sells here for $7,200. In Europe, $10,360 with duties. In Japan, where the most units are sold, $22,800 (McIntosh is the audiophile god in Japan, old used units sell for even more, no tariffs, just demand). Our allies love us. In Qatar, which hates us, the unit sells for $7,250. The MAC7200 is not the most expensive or the best high end Audiophile piece of equipment made completely in the US, with no foreign made parts. Sobine Audio, sells an 8+2 tube amplifier with output of 200 watts per channel, the K1241 which sells for $244,000. It has been listed for import approval by the EU for 7 years. This coming autumn, it will be replaced by a new unit, the K1242, which will be entered for the approval process at the bottom of the list. I don't know that it the best single piece of audio equipment made and sold in the US, I have never heard one played and there are other units in the same range. I will likely never buy one or its successor. It takes 8 people to place one of the K1241 on a properly support shelf or piece of furniture, and an engineering degree to hook it up to speakers and input equipment. I am more than happy with my 12 year old then top of the line Yamaha 100 watt per channel 7.2 channel receiver in my living room. I've never turned the volume up past 4, and at 4 that was an earth shattering moment with me and Bruce Springsteen, and 72 of my neighbors. Bruce's ears were ringing in NJ.
American steel is subject to a 20% tariff by the EU. German steel suffers no tariffs in the US. Take a good look at the tariffs placed on US goods by our "allies."
Who started this tariff war? :doh
It was fun watching Merkel try to stare down Trump at the last trade conference. You can't stare down an idiot, right? But the idiot summed it all up in a couple of sentences, "I'm all for free trade. Let's put an end to all tariffs and play fair." Angie baby had no response to offer. She stared at her shoes. Damn, she has poor taste in shoe styles. Doesn't look like she'll make it through the next election, anyway. Those damn German right wingers want her out, and the same with the refugees.
I drive a 2011 Caddy. It looks and acts like it is brand new. It could use a good wax job and buffing to get that ultra deep shine back, but the glare on a sunny day does blind oncoming drivers and nearby pedestrians. I'd never buy a Nazi-mobile. They are over rated junk anyway. I'm not thrilled with the Japanese either, but I must admit, the Subaru is a great vehicle for college age kids, and a relatively safe car for them. And those Chinese made Buick sedans, very nice family cars at relatively reasonable prices. But most want a crossover or SUV. A Subaru fits that bill.
