The Politics section is going to do a complete 180 after this lol
Does he know about all the animes that glorify gay love, non-Christian theology and that demonize authoritarians? 🤔 maybe you have something here...Imagine if Trump came out against anime. All hell would break loose.
look at the forum you're posting inseriously, if video games are the straw that breaks the camel's back here, then your priorities are fucked up
Employees in American factories are paid more than Chinese ones. Console prices would still go up.It seems likely to me that Sony and Nintendo would assemble consoles in American factories to get around this. They know price is king. Where are Xboxes assembled?
India?That'll be pretty disastrous for the next generation...and basically everything on the market.
Not sure if there's a workaround they could do.
I'd actually pay more for electronics if I knew they were assembled somewhere other than a eSweatshop, though.Employees in American factories are paid more than Chinese ones. Console prices would still go up.
Assembly would leave China
Most of the parts especially the chips and memory are already manufactured outside and shipped to China for assembly and were never manufactured inside China
Good thing my PC should last me another 2-3 years before I start upgrading. Hopefully that's long enough for the damage that's done to be reversed.
You do know that net neutrality was already repealed, right?
If China were to go to the WTO they would likely have to answer to the forced technology transfers which they weren't supposed to do under WTO rules but skirted by essentially using a mixture of bullying companies and appealing to their greed in doing business thereIf the USA is doing all these tariffs unilaterally, what is stopping China to leave the WTO, and start selling rare earth material to an exorbitant price if you want to import them?
If that happens get ready for $1000 xbox made in Vietnam.
Remember that Japan's massive deposits exist, but as of we speak are impossible to mine, and it may take a few decades before they start selling thier own.
It seems likely to me that Sony and Nintendo would assemble consoles in American factories to get around this. They know price is king. Where are Xboxes assembled?
I think it's more likely that production will be off shored to Vietnam or India in all honesty. The question is whether manufacturers will be quick enough to adapt without disrupting production too much.I'm going to have to figure out some kind of conversion rate of schadenfreude to US dollars. Namely, what $100 means on top of a $400 console.
The console makers should outright call out the tariffs as a pricing matter, too.
I'd actually pay more for electronics if I knew they were assembled somewhere other than a eSweatshop, though.
Dumb, but honest question: what are the tariffs right now?
Only some / few of them actually.
If China were to go to the WTO they would likely have to answer to the forced technology transfers which they weren't supposed to do under WTO rules but skirted by essentially using a mixture of bullying companies and appealing to their greed in doing business there
It seems likely to me that Sony and Nintendo would assemble consoles in American factories to get around this. They know price is king. Where are Xboxes assembled?
Because rare earths aren't all that rare? Rising prices means the mines in the US are viable again kind of like how oil has ceased to be the political tool after OPEC overplayed their hand and other producers came on line.China is not going to go to the WTO, but they could leave the WTO. There is a reason why almost 100 countries are subscribing to the belt and road.
Notice how Trump made an exception on taxing Rare earth materials? They Know China can have a price for internal manufacturing and one for external manufacturing. That would break any international manufacturing everywhere.
And while we talk about global warming, working conditions and all that jazz, we have no problem supporting products manufactured in countries that don't give a rats ass about any of them(because that's how you keep the costs low) because cheaper.I doubt it. The reason why they're manufactured in china and some other third world countries in the first place is because it costs less to manufacture goods there. If china's standard of living continues to increase, they'll start moving those manufacturing jobs to other countries with lower standards of living.
I doubt it. The reason why they're manufactured in china and some other third world countries in the first place is because it costs less to manufacture goods there.
And while we talk about global warming, working conditions and all that jazz, we have no problem supporting products manufactured in countries that don't give a rats ass about any of them(because that's how you keep the costs low) because cheaper.