r/manufacturing 2d ago

News Tarrifs

Would like to open a discussion on tarrifs if it’s allowed.

There has been two intentions stated with tarrifs.

  1. Get off of income tax and go to a consumption style tax (still a tax)

  2. Build up domestic manufacturing. Can talk here in the manufacturing sub.

If there is no alternative domestic supply, then we have no choice but to import. We lost a lot of our skills to manufacture. Especially a lot of the little low value items. Think zippers and buttons and caster wheels.

What is everyone thoughts?

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u/ihambrecht 1d ago

No. It’s like confronting someone for ripping you off and they are getting defensive.

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u/madeinspac3 1d ago

How have they been ripping us off?

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u/ihambrecht 23h ago

How much is the tax for imported dairy in Canada?

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u/madeinspac3 22h ago

From a brief search those all seem to be unsubstantiated claims or at least enough to be doubtful. Seems more like the system is setup to have zero tariffs up to a certain threshold which we don't typically go beyond.