Tariffs are just a persuasion stick to get countries to keep their end of the deal they made decades ago and never been held accountable. As they step up and honor their committment the tariffs will disappear.
Nato - military spend, Mexico- border control, Canada-border control. There will be lots the media won't talk about because all they want is to bag Trump. This is stuff I have seen snippets of being this far away. Our news is orchestrated here. We never see anything about farmers protests in Europe/UK. All we hear about is the poor people in Gaza or how Trump is destroying the world with tariffs and will start WW3. How all our Ag and wine makers are all going to go broke because of his tariffs. If you have a think about how long it takes for govt to do anything, I find it hard to see how they could set up the infrastructure to implement tariffs. Start with a new Fed Dept, Central office, building/lease, staff, training, offices in every port of entry, build/lease, Staff, training, computer systems, freight holding warehouses while freight is processed etc. There is so much involved, just the planning of the systems to make it work. The wheels of govt turn slowly. I think it is a bluff. Everything I bring into NZ for my truck has Duty, GST, Customs fees if it is more than $600. That is why nothing is cheap here.
