{"id":7689,"date":"2018-06-19T15:57:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T19:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.streamingmeemee.com\/?p=7689"},"modified":"2018-06-19T15:57:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T19:57:02","slug":"tariffs-will-hurt-makers-and-encourage-offshoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streamingmeemee.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/19\/tariffs-will-hurt-makers-and-encourage-offshoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Tariffs will hurt makers and encourage offshoring."},"content":{"rendered":"
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There was a time when my job depended on my skill wielding a soldering iron and diagnosing computer hardware failures. I haven’t done that in ‘a while’ but I do still build electronic circuits now-and-then. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I occasionally build prototype devices for a client and when I do the vast majority of the parts come from China.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The new tariffs proposed by the current administration will increase my costs by 25% on this parts. However, these new tariffs do not apply to finished consumer goods, like TVs, cell phones, and the gadgets I’m likely to be building. So I have two choices; pass along the increased cost of components to my clients, or, pay a company in China to build the gadget for me and import it as a ‘finished good’. Neither of these are good outcomes for the US Economy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I’ve linked an article below from a well known ‘maker’. He presents the case in greater detail and also includes info. on what you can do to influence these new tariffs.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.bunniestudios.com\/blog\/?p=5349<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There was a time when my job depended on my skill wielding a soldering iron and diagnosing computer hardware failures. I haven’t done that in ‘a while’ but I do still build electronic circuits now-and-then. \u00a0 I occasionally build prototype devices for a client and when I do the vast majority of the parts come … Continue reading Tariffs will hurt makers and encourage offshoring.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[653,27,28,664],"tags":[1295,1297,1293,1294,1299,1296,1292,1298],"class_list":["post-7689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-iot","category-it-seems-to-me","category-politics","category-projects","tag-components","tag-electronic","tag-maker","tag-makers","tag-offshoring","tag-prototyping","tag-tariffs","tag-taxes","post_format-post-format-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t