In 1979, several of my friends worked for Intel in silicon valley. One Saturday, they took me on a tour of the building where they were manufacturing chips. It was a clean room and everyone was wearing white gowns and head coverings. They were also wearing masks. This was their only chip manufacturing facility even though they were adding a second facility in Oregon. That facility has long since closed and most chip manufacturing is done off-shore.
Intel and Amdahl and the other manufacturers di…
Dear Jared, Tariffs don't work. As many have already posted, tariffs will increase the cost of goods to US consumers. AND the US will see retaliatory tariffs placed on US goods that are exported. Many multinational US companies use parts engineered in other countries but that are brought back to the US to complete the manufacturing process... seatbelts for example are made in Japan and those made there are used in almost every vehicle made in this country. India manufactures most of the antibio…
Expose companies which ship jobs overseas to maximize profits. A tariff won't bother them when they pay so little to produce what we buy. Buying American needs to be a Patriotic movement . The same with employing Americans. Tariffs will only worsen the problem for those who can't afford the cost of living already.
Here are the facts about the Biden Administration tariffs on China, which articulate the very specific reasons for targeting specific products. Your OpEd misrepresents the facts about these tariffs and the ways in which they (targeted) changes improve U.S. interests in green manufacturing and job growth locally. whitehouse.gov/briefing….
Representative Golden. I understand the seeming attractiveness of an embargo such as you describe. Having good, well paying jobs here in Maine of course should be everyone's goal. However, there is little to no evidence that in modern day economies that embargoes significantly grow local industry. Rather, consumers will end up paying higher prices for goods and services. I know constituents implore you to do "something". There are no simple answers and this is one that ill NOT in the long run improve our economy or our society.
It will take some amount of time to rebuild & retool US manufacturing. That’s what build back better is aimed at. Adding tariffs before manufacturing has returned will just add to inflation and unaffordable goods for many Americans. One step might be for creation of a curated site of Made-in-America products so that it would be easy to support American manufacturing.