How does the Trumpian definition of an“America-First Fair” deal result in investment, jobs, or anything else for the target country?

Fun story: I know a certain global corporation who was about to launch a new worldwide product line. Part of the product was produced by a Chinese company, and that was then going to be shipped to the US to be assembled with some other components and then shipped to customers around the world as a finished product.

If he’s referencing the argument I think he is, then the alternative isn’t “fair trade,” it’s war.

*click*

*pipes up quietly from the corner*

Worse, how stupid do you have to be to be fired from an MLM?

“No one knows what torque is, but this has 144 of them.”

As I say on every single “GT-86 updates aren’t that nice” article: I own one, I love it, and there will never be a factory forced induction version. It’s the money, ya’ll.

“I was shitty to two employees, but the first one took it better” is still a piss-poor defense for a boss, even if we grant his entire premise. Which I don’t because I’m a cynical man who thinks that maybe this guy doesn’t really, actually treat women and men “equally” all the time.

Haven’t they basically weaponized the franchise-freelancer business model to do so, though? Aren’t they the ones who enlist a legion of newbie writers on the promise of “exposure” and then leave them twisting?

I have got $50 that says he’s lashing out because she won’t do him, even though he totally held the door open for her that one time 

That is a good shape.

Hm.

Already is one, just rarely used since they usually have to prove that the call was made in “bad faith,” which is very difficult if the caller doesn’t outright admit it. 

Is National Sword is going to impact you guys? Or is that a problem more for the downstream end of things (Waste Management et al?)

Honestly it sounds like someone’s shorting them. Which...it wouldn’t surprise me if a couple of firms were shorting anyone they can find who’s running tight margins and highly dependent on cheap steel. That or the CEO is doing a pump and dump o.0

We’re watching our competitors shit themselves over the same problems. That number ain’t sticking around if we hit full trade-war status; payroll is the easiest thing to cut when a company isn’t sure about its future. 

Fuck man, don’t mess with my avocado toast. 

Anybody on any side or affiliation that thinks “jobs,” “manufacturing,” or “trade” can be predictably influenced with a policy instrument as blunt as a categorical tariff does not know what they’re talking about.