Whether this is an improvement will depend on the duty-free quantities. If low, it's just replacing one type of restriction w another, more administratively burdensome one. That the USW "applauded" the deal doesn't give me much optimism.
(P.s. Unless the quantities are high, the EU totally caved.)
P.p.s. I actually have experience working w the other 232 TRQs that the Trump admin put in place for certain countries. They are insanely complicated & onerous.
In other words, an very merry early Christmas to my fmr trade lawyer colleagues.
Might as well buy that Porsche you were eyeing (Assuming the supply chain mess lets you.)
P.p.p.s. Since the 232 measures technically still apply to the EU, I guess that means the Biden admin agrees w the Trump admin that the EU is a national security threat, huh?
The NextDoor NIMBYs are now worrying that shadowy out-of-state corporations are buying up all the houses around here so that they can... change local zoning laws and build large, multifamily buildings near their original investments?
Me, every time I read this stuff
p.s. yes, someone did bring up Bill Gates in the thread (buying land, not vax-chipping us)
Classic example of why protectionists often win the political debate: a single Indiana steel mill closure in 2017 gets a book & NPR feature, while everyone ignores the broader trends in Indiana's economy & manufacturing sector npr.org/2021/10/20/104…
They also ignore the flipside of imports/offshoring - all the foreign investment in Indiana, including (especially) in manufacturing
I guess there's no market for a book abt this (or my awesome, Indiana-made Subaru - which def benefited from lower, pre-tariff steel prices, btw) ibj.com/articles/globa…
"Lazy crane operators making $250,000 a year exacerbating port crisis, truckers say" news.yahoo.com/lazy-crane-ope…
"one terminal in Long Beach has started using automated cranes, and truckers rejoice when they are summoned to pick up cargo there. It is efficient and quick." 🤔
Reminder: "the unions have for years fought efforts to automate ports on both the West and East coasts—just as they fought containerized shipping and computers decades before that."
Another reminder: the truckers (Teamsters, at least) aren't exactly blameless in all this too, having opposed NAFTA trucking liberalization (and thus limiting US capacity) for decades...
Very much enjoying the galaxy brain take that the obvious solution to temporary, supply chain-induced shortages and price-hikes is to embrace autarky and make them permanent.