# Tariffs, trade war **URL:** \ **Category:** International Politics\ **Created:** [June 16, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211 "2018-06-16T02:46:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/1989 "2026-02-23T10:23:03Z")
> [@QuaSaShao](#): > > The US has been owned badly by China since its trade war with China started thirty years ago. This doesn’t make any sense. ---
**Author:** ![QuaSaShao](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/quasashao/32/220200_2.png) [@QuaSaShao](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/QuaSaShao)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/1990 "2026-02-23T10:28:19Z")
> [@Brianjones](#): > > This doesn’t make any sense. If you’d been running your own trading and product development business here in Asia for the last thirty years like I have you’d know what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![bingobango](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bingobango/32/227979_2.png) [@bingobango](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bingobango)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/1991 "2026-02-23T11:21:30Z")
> [@The Trump Presidency 2.0 (Part 2)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-trump-presidency-2-0-part-2/256239/11): > > So what happens if these corporations apply for refunds from the tariffs but the cost burden they put on consumers never goes back into their pockets? What if that was the great plan here all along? > > Spicy theory I heard recently at least. > > If it plays out like this, I can imagine MAGA is either going to be too vapid to realize the scam, or not believe that it affects _them_. Maybe they will be so blinded with admiration by how _clever_ the scheme was, they don’t care that they were swindled, such is the level of cuckery they have lately. Ahhh here we go, Trump doubles down on the $2000 USD tariff dividend. Doesn’t at all equate to the amount robbed from the American people through his shit tariffs, but it will appease MAGA mouthbreathers too stupid to realize the con. Remember the DOGE dividend that never happened? Remember how Trump has a serial record of stiffing contractors? Nahhhh he isn’t going to screw _you_ over, MAGA meatball. Riight. 😉 [https://www.reddit.com/r/InBitcoinWeTrust/comments/1rc9ewg/trump\_just\_announced\_2000\_tariff\_dividend\_without/](https://www.reddit.com/r/InBitcoinWeTrust/comments/1rc9ewg/trump_just_announced_2000_tariff_dividend_without/) Sheesh, I really am so close to denouncing citizenship; my last hope is for a midterm bloodbath (as long as Trump deploying ICE goons etc doesn’t completely throw it, as foreshadowed) ---
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/1992 "2026-02-24T03:46:43Z")
Chaos as usual. > **[Trump’s scramble to fix his crumbling tariff strategy sows global chaos and...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/trump-crumbling-tariff-strategy-global-chaos-confusion)** > > Economies such as the UK, India, Japan and the EU raced to hammer out agreements, but the blanket rate has left them wondering where they stand ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_PBH](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mr_pbh/32/230938_2.png) [@Mr\_PBH](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mr_PBH)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/1993 "2026-02-24T05:20:25Z")
> [@Brianjones](#): > > Chaos as usual. Yeah it’s getting old. I hear talk of giving it back to consumers and super charging the economy, but that’s about as believable as those $2,000 checks that were supposed to be dished out. ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 5:24am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/1994 "2026-02-24T05:24:45Z")
> [@Mr\_PBH](#): > > > [@Brianjones](#): > > > > Chaos as usual. > > Yeah it’s getting old. I hear talk of giving it back to consumers and super charging the economy, but that’s about as believable as those $2,000 checks that were supposed to be dished out Seems there is a limit to how many times even his most ardent supporters can fall for it ---
**Author:** ![Kalle](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kalle](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Kalle)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 6:39am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/1995 "2026-02-24T06:39:42Z")
I really hope Taiwan is holding on for the investments planned in US as part of the trade deal, not that those investments are bad as they would anyway happen, but just for show that we can not stand all these tantrums and dementia tariffs on/off clowning ongoing ---
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/1996 "2026-02-24T07:03:13Z")
Those investments would have been forward dated years. Suits everybody. Japan or was it Korea had to hand over billions in cash into a fund which the white house controlled 😐. ---
**Author:** ![Kalle](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kalle](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Kalle)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 7:09am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/1997 "2026-02-24T07:09:01Z")
> [@Brianjones](#): > > Japan or was it Korea had to hand over billions in cash into a fund which the white house controlled 😐. Those were only dreams by Trump, where he said that they will pay, he decides and all profit goes to him. The real deals are far from that, as investments are not made by the governments, they are made by companies who anyway had planned to build new factories in the US since long before ---
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/1998 "2026-02-24T12:39:56Z")
This is going to go down well. > **[You paid for tariffs — but you won’t get a slice of tariff refunds | CNN...](https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/24/economy/tariff-refunds-consumers)** > > The government is on the hook to refund $134 billion – and counting – worth of tariff revenue collected from President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs, which were rendered illegal by the Supreme Court last week. ---
**Author:** ![bingobango](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bingobango/32/227979_2.png) [@bingobango](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bingobango)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/1999 "2026-02-24T12:41:13Z")
> [@Brianjones](#): > > This is going to go down well. > > [https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/24/economy/tariff-refunds-consumers](https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/24/economy/tariff-refunds-consumers) Right, but guess who will get some fat tariff refunds I bet? Corporations. Don the Con. Though I feel like Lutnick had a meaty hand (maybe both hands) in this. ---
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/2000 "2026-02-24T12:42:41Z")
That’s literally what the article says lol. It even says it in the headlines. ---
**Author:** ![bingobango](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/bingobango/32/227979_2.png) [@bingobango](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bingobango)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/2001 "2026-02-24T12:43:19Z")
> [@Brianjones](#): > > That’s literally what the article says lol. Oh gotcha, it is what I posted earlier: > [@The Trump Presidency 2.0 (Part 2)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-trump-presidency-2-0-part-2/256239/11): > > So what happens if these corporations apply for refunds from the tariffs but the cost burden they put on consumers never goes back into their pockets? What if that was the great plan here all along? > > Spicy theory I heard recently at least. > > If it plays out like this, I can imagine MAGA is either going to be too vapid to realize the scam, or not believe that it affects _them_. Maybe they will be so blinded with admiration by how _clever_ the scheme was, they don’t care that they were swindled, such is the level of cuckery they have lately. ---
**Author:** ![ExpatDad](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/expatdad/32/275427_2.png) [@ExpatDad](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/ExpatDad)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/2002 "2026-03-14T12:43:45Z")
> [@Poundsand](#): > > What would the US do if they used these routes in your scenario? Start blowing up or seizing ships from the EU and China? Even this administration isn’t that crazy. How this has aged well Hahahaha. Venezuela and Cuban haven’t been paying their share..neither has Iran. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Poundsand](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@Poundsand](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Poundsand)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/2003 "2026-03-14T16:12:49Z")
> [@ExpatDad](#): > > > [@Poundsand](#): > > > > What would the US do if they used these routes in your scenario? Start blowing up or seizing ships from the EU and China? Even this administration isn’t that crazy. > > How this has aged well Hahahaha. > > Venezuela and Cuban haven’t been paying their share..neither has Iran. 😉 It’s aged fine. You don’t do well with context, eh? ---
**Author:** ![ExpatDad](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/expatdad/32/275427_2.png) [@ExpatDad](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/ExpatDad)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/2004 "2026-03-15T03:23:51Z")
> [@Poundsand](#): > > It’s aged fine. You don’t do well with context, eh? Please enlighten us. You seem to know it all and then some. Just don’t tell us your job again please that’s all ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/2005 "2026-03-16T12:06:24Z")
lol, winning! > **[Malaysia Becomes First Country To Declare US Trade Deal 'Null And Void' After...](https://www.benzinga.com/markets/asia/26/03/51261927/malaysia-becomes-first-country-to-declare-us-trade-deal-null-and-void-after-supreme-court-tariff-ruling)** > > Malaysia has declared the trade deal with the U.S. invalid after the Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump's IEEPA tariffs illegal in February. How much money was wasted on signing these deals that are getting thrown out? Deal breaker in chief is in no position to complain ---
**Author:** ![ExpatDad](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/expatdad/32/275427_2.png) [@ExpatDad](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/ExpatDad)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/2006 "2026-03-16T12:50:27Z")
> [@TT](#): > > How much money was wasted on signing these deals that are getting thrown out? > > Deal breaker in chief is in no position to complain I’m sure it must have felt good. And I agree…enough carrot from the US…some more stick. Malaysia is just upset because 30% of their oil is out of commission and they don’t have a serious navy to send to the strait. ---
**Author:** ![Niurou](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/0ea827/32.png) [@Niurou](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Niurou)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/2007 "2026-03-17T02:54:39Z")
> [@TT](#): > > How much money was wasted on signing these deals that are getting thrown out? I suspect after the midterms that most countries will declare the deals null and void. Lol. ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211/2008 "2026-04-11T14:49:33Z")
I still don’t understand why Americans voted against their interests like this. A convicted fraud and known liar who couldn’t run a casino, now his illegal tariffs have been an unnecessary tax on the world, and it still isn’t enough to pay for his unnecessary war of aggression ![IMG_0877](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/4X/e/0/4/e0469ae34b60527e15e0962abcca9a2688323dc6.jpeg) [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211.md?page=99) [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/tariffs-trade-war/170211.md?page=101)