#Commerce Secretary #HowardLutnick had said in April when the review of whether reliance on foreign #drug production *threatens* US #NationalSecurity [more like, rich politicians lining their pockets] was launched that he anticipated that it would conclude between May-June. Global #pharmaceutical companies are bracing for the outcome of the *investigation*, which will usher in sector-specific #tariffs that #Trump has said could start small & eventually rise to 250%.
Further #SelfDestructive #idiocy:
Exclusive: #US #pharma #tariffs likely weeks away as #Trump plans for Alaska
The announcement by the Trump admin of the results of a probe into #pharmaceutical imports & new sector-specific US tariffs likely remains weeks away, 4 official & industry sources said….
[gee — if only the US had something like, I dunno… #UniversalHealthcare???]
#law #health #BigPharma #healthcare #medicine #policy #DarkMoney
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-pharma-tariffs-likely-weeks-away-trump-plans-alaska-sources-say-2025-08-13/
#ConvictedFelonTrump 's #Tariffs are #ImportTaxes paid by the consumer to the government. That's YOU! A tax into gov't coffers, out of your pocket! Hitting middle class and poor hardest! The 
lies. If we had a legitimate Supreme Court, they'd be ruled illegal by EO already! #Politics
"Inside China Business" is a YT channel produced by an American businessman (Kevin Walmsley) living in China for the past decade+:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak-PErMasFM
He posts frequent <10 minute videos that highlight the "stories behind the stories" focused on technology and trade issues.
Many Westerners truly have no idea about the intensity and magnitude of change happening in China, and the re-arrangement underway in the global order.
Highly recommended!
10% tariff surcharge on lab equipment/accessory! 
Non trivial amount - I could take the lab out twice for dinner
(HPLC column if you needed to know)
President Trump has extended his tariff truce with China. But conciliatory moves suggest that America may not retain the upper hand.#tariffs #china #trump
Posted into The American Story @the-american-story-csmonitor
President Trump has extended his tariff truce with China. But conciliatory moves suggest that America may not retain the upper hand.#tariffs #china #trump
Posted into The American Story @the-american-story-csmonitor
Coffee and tea prices continue to ramp up due to #tariffs
"It’s a chilling message to career prosecutors nationwide: serve the facts, and you’re out; serve the boss, and you’re in."
#USA #Trump #Tariffs #BatshitCrazy #unfit #felon #Epstein #GhislaineMaxwell #Vance #Thiel #TrumpCrimeFamily #Treason #autocracy #Obscurantism #ChristoFascism #MAGA https://marygeddry.substack.com/p/from-dc-to-alaska-trumps-blueprint
The UK car industry is at a crunch point - can it be saved?
In all, just 417,000 new cars and vans were built in the UK in the first six months of 2025, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders - the lowest since 1953.
Tariffs, Brexit, pandemic havoc... All of this caused short-term disruption - but the impact concealed a deeper problem for the UK automotive industry.
The WSJ's ed brd rebuked ARGs that the Trump admin's lawyers made in ct about his tariff policy in an op-ed on Tues.
Trump has raised #tariffs on mult US trading partners since taking office, a move that's been heavily contested in the cts. The CON gives Congress the power to impose tariffs.
On Fri, Trump warned on TS: if judges rule agst his tariff policy, then a "1929-style" depression would occur.
It chided the ATTYs for adopting Trump's style in their ARGs.
#USPol
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-doj-2673879888/
"They jack up corporate profits, protect monopolies, and give the ultra-rich yet another reason to pop open champagne on their yachts while you’re sweating over whether you can afford back-to-school supplies."
#Trump #tariffs #MAGA #taxes #corporations #EconomicElites #economy #groceries #inflation
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"Here’s the real magic trick: while you’re bleeding at the checkout counter, the wealthiest in this country are laughing all the way to the bank. Because tariffs, like most bad policy dressed up as 'America First,' are designed to look like they punish foreign competitors but actually function as a cash funnel to the top."
~ Michael Cohen
#Trump #tariffs #MAGA #taxes #corporations #EconomicElites #economy #groceries #inflation
/7
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/the-real-victims-of-trumps-tariffs
**Can Trump revive Rust Belt manufacturing?**
"_How will President Donald Trump's dream of bringing back blue collar jobs meet the reality of modern manufacturing?_"
#Video length: thirty-five minutes and four seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn2b14eO1jk.
#Trump #Manufacturing #Industry #Tariffs #Trade #Rustbelt #Inflation #TradeWar #Economy #Economics #US #USA #UnitedStates @economics
#China announced preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian #canola imports on Tues, escalating a year-long #trade dispute that began with Ottawa's imposition of #tariffs on Chinese #ElectricVehicle imports last Aug.
The 75.8% provisional rate will be effective from Thursday.
The #Canada disputed the Chinese finding saying in a statement late Tues the country does not dump canola & that it was "deeply disappointed" w/China's decision, but remained open to dialogue.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/china-slaps-temporary-duties-canadian-canola-2025-08-13/
#Trump ’s #tariffs have finally kicked in, so what happens next? https://theconversation.com/trumps-tariffs-have-finally-kicked-in-so-what-happens-next-262843
**Why Is Trump Being So Generous To China?**
"_Donald Trump slashed tariffs and softened his stance on China, while imposing steep duties on India and Brazil. What leverage does Beijing hold that others don't?_"
https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-trump-being-so-generous-to-china/a-73594826.
#Business #Trade #Tariffs #USA #US #UnitedStates #China #Economics @economics
Nikkei 225 breached 43,000 for the first time ever on Wednesday, hitting a record high for a second consecutive day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/13/markets/nikkei-second-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #tariffs #japaneseeconomy #us #usjapanrelations #nikkei #stocks
A #census that ignores undocumented immigrants? Hey, maybe we could #compromise by counting #three-fifths of them!
Prices and unemployment both rising? Big #tariffs are sure to fix that!
Oh, great! I hear #Putin only wants the Sudetenland - sorry, I mean the Donbas and Crimea regions of #Ukraine.
(You know, #history is most useful AND most frustrating when it insists on repeating.)
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-census-constitutional-2112102
