thierry laurent Posted May 12 Posted May 12 It looks China and US reached an agreement: US lower taxes from 145 to 30% whereas China is acting similarly from 125 to 10%. Rod Bettencourt 1
Dave Williams Posted May 12 Posted May 12 41 minutes ago, thierry laurent said: It looks China and US reached an agreement: US lower taxes from 145 to 30% whereas China is acting similarly from 125 to 10%. Another question is whether they also restored the de minimus exemption for packages from China. CRAZY IVAN5 1
Splatman812 Posted May 12 Posted May 12 At this point I think it's unclear. But apparently there was no specific info on de minimus in the agreement
CRAZY IVAN5 Posted May 12 Posted May 12 4 hours ago, Dave Williams said: Another question is whether they also restored the de minimus exemption for packages from China. Well, that's a little more workable, not great but we'll see how it goes.
MikeMaben Posted May 13 Posted May 13 Kotare should switch manufacturing to India. There must be a competent injection molder there.
mattlow Posted May 13 Posted May 13 3 hours ago, MikeMaben said: Kotare should switch manufacturing to India. There must be a competent injection molder there. I can't recall for sure, but didn't a lot of Airfix's quality and quality control issues manifest themselves when they outsourced to India? Obvs not damning a whole nation's IM expertise from one company's experience, but China seems to be a front runner both in terms of the molding and QC... A winning combo when teamed up with world class research and CAD - as we've seen with Wingnuts and Kotare... Matt Christa, GusM, CRAZY IVAN5 and 3 others 6
MikeMaben Posted May 14 Posted May 14 Don't remember that but not questioning it either. I just thot there might be less problems from someone other than China.
MikeC Posted May 14 Posted May 14 On 5/13/2025 at 12:45 PM, mattlow said: didn't a lot of Airfix's quality and quality control issues manifest themselves when they outsourced to India? I believe so. CRAZY IVAN5 1
ScoobyDoo Posted May 24 Posted May 24 On 4/30/2025 at 11:39 PM, blackbetty said: when the US market breaks away there will be not many more kits made at all, at least in 32nd scale, so no reasen to think it wont affect us outside of the US nice job! The truth, these tariffs are not helping anyone. They are harming the entire globe. Bill Cross, johncrow, Borsos and 1 other 4
ScoobyDoo Posted May 24 Posted May 24 On 5/1/2025 at 11:59 AM, CRAZY IVAN5 said: I'm inclined to agree with you on this being "a short term" thing[hopefully].Tariffs historically aren't what one would call "the hot setup" they just don't really work. When "joe sixpack" can't go to Walmart or Target or [fill in the blank] and get this ,that or the other thing/or pay skyrocket high prices and the complaints will get very loud. Then we'll start to see yielding on the Gov't position. The question will then be how much damage will have resulted. It's a fine mess isn't it. The truth about these tariffs are wealthy people are heavily investing in the stock market and will benefit enormously when the tariffs are lifted. Bill Cross 1
ScoobyDoo Posted May 24 Posted May 24 On 5/1/2025 at 6:33 PM, Aptivaboy said: Not trying to be political, but there is a simple solution to all of this: reciprocal ZERO tariffs. I actually believe that is the current administration's end goal. Foreign commentators and some foreign leaders have discussed this at length, not the ones you normally see on US TV. Trump himself has mentioned this several times referencing fair trade, as opposed to free trade. I don't believe these tariffs will remain long term. My prediction is that they'll largely be gone by the end of the summer. Look at China, whose factory utilization is now at a ten year low. They can't sustain that indefinitely, with the new Chinese middle class desiring the ability to afford cars, homes and all of the accoutrements of modern life. A deal will have to be made. When foreign countries eliminate tariffs on US goods, the USA will do the same - total trade equality. Once that occurs, our ability to easily and cheaply order our favorite hobby kits and supplies will return. It's just a question of when, and how much economic dislocation will occur in the interim - that's the real elephant in the room, how much pain will there be in the short run. Again, it isn't my intention to be political. Like Model Monkey, I'm simply offering my assessment. Having said that, I'm also a believer in hedging my bets, so I'm preordering some Kotare kits this evening. Momma didn't raise no dummy! Bob PS. I have to get back to the Intrepid bridge you printed for me. The Decrepit will sail this summer! I think worldwide trade was very fair before these tariff wars were started, the world was in very good harmony until this all started. It would be insane to move all production of everything to the US. Items are imported to subsidize what is sold and made in the US. Paul2660 1
LSP_Kevin Posted May 24 Posted May 24 It looks like we're veering into politics with this one now, and given that there's not much else to say about it, I think it's time we closed it. Kev Pete Roberts, Kagemusha, Out2gtcha and 5 others 4 4
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