Another related story I heard on radio today https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace/09252018
If only the way the global economy works was so straightforward.. On Monday, 24 September 2018 16:33:58 UTC-7, Eric Norris wrote: > > Story from today’s All Things Considered on NPR about tariffs and their > effect on Light and Motion, a well-known California-based maker of bike and > other lights: > > > https://www.npr.org/2018/09/24/651221317/u-s-tariffs-on-china-may-force-california-company-to-move-production-overseas > > > Take-home points: > > —They make lights here from parts sourced from China and other Asian > countries > —The parts they import are subject to a new tariff, but completed lights > (made overseas from the same parts) are not > —They are considering moving their assembly overseas to avoid the tariffs > by assembling the lights there and importing them as complete systems > > --Eric N > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
