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Offline endicom

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Ford abandons plan to import compact car due to tariffs: report (Sinocalypse)
« on: August 31, 2018, 03:33:01 pm »
Market Watch
Claudia Assis
Aug. 31, 2018

Ford Motor Co. F, -2.42% has abandoned plans to import its Focus compact car from China, citing import tariffs put into effect in July, according to The Wall Street Journal.

More... https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ford-abandons-plan-to-import-compact-car-due-to-tariffs-report-2018-08-31?mod=newsviewer_click
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Re: Ford abandons plan to import compact car due to tariffs: report (Sinocalypse)
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2018, 03:44:11 pm »
No more Focus? God bless Trump!
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Re: Ford abandons plan to import compact car due to tariffs: report (Sinocalypse)
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2018, 05:06:12 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on August 31, 2018, 03:44:11 pm
No more Focus? God bless Trump!

Kinda hard to believe. A polly who ain't out to foc us.
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Re: Ford abandons plan to import compact car due to tariffs: report (Sinocalypse)
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2018, 11:07:29 pm »
I guess the tariffs are doing what they were intended to be doing, aren't they?
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Re: Ford abandons plan to import compact car due to tariffs: report (Sinocalypse)
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2018, 07:56:56 am »
If consumers wanted to buy the Ford Focus, why shouldn't they have been able to?

Something like the Fair Tax would've been a better strategy. Welp, we'll see what happens with this.
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