Tariff Panic At Axpona 25?

Uncertainty ain't good for business

I keep hearing that what a great strategy it is to keep the world on edge, by threats and giant sweeping insults (list here of anything he said relevant to anything outside the US, aside from Congo, which nobody knows what it is).

It is mafia style operation which is good for no one other than for the mafia in the short term. In the long term it leads to generations living in fear, massive exodus, and endless tragedies. Which already started with the slashing of USAID. 

Diplomacy put us way longer on the road, than threat of annexation,bluff, unilateral tariffs wars, etc

Laughable stupidity is not a win...

What can say a wise man?

He say that :

Uncertainty ain’t good for business.

In the new ARC facility, it appears the face plates are now made in House.

Also go to time mark, about 33:45, their transformers are now made in North America again instead of Asia. I would say they are not made in the US though. (Of interest, another example how the ear can hear problems where measurements could not.)

Audio Research Factory Tour. New facility

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Comrade @gano !!

Laundering money.

Which already started with the slashing of USAID. 

I had some relatively high-end audio products lined up to purchse from a website based in Singapore for about $2,700 USD total. The "Tax" added was over 50% (previous purchases had NO tax added from them). Since the tariff on goods from Singapore is only 10% this has to reflect the Chinese origins of the products, even though they are in Singapore (well, perhaps the products are still in China). Looking for products already here has helped avoid some tariff charges, but what I think we are all going to be figuring out one way or another is how much the China tariffs will even affect the cost of products made or assmebled elsewhere. Will an Innuos Streamer with components made in China go up 20% (the EU tariff that hits portugese products), or will it go up much more because of the Chinese origins of some of the chips or microcircuitry inside their stuff (I am speculating since I am uncertain if they use Chinese parts - using this as an example).

I note that some folks staunchly feel that Chinese-made means poor quality. I am curious about their feelings about other national origins, such as Poland for Closer Acoustics speakers, or Italy for Sonus Faber, or Britain for B&W or Cambridge Audio, or Canda for Classé amplifiers? What are the distinguishing characteristics of Chinese made components or companies that lead to the belief that such are much worse? I am actually curious about that (and I have my own opinions, of course). For example, I decided to skip the use of luxury vinyl flooring in my upstairs remodel after thinking about how come it was so cheap - using Uyghur forced labor. So in that instance, I decided to go with much more expensive wood flooring.

But in all domains it is so hard to "buy American" - I am certain that the computer I am typing on has Chinese components and later when I see if there are responses to this message, I will use an iPhone. But most of the Chinese made stuff I use seems to be pretty good.