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President Trump decided against announcing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports on Thursday after 18 hours of frenetic pushback from inside the White House and on Capitol Hill, two people briefed on the decision said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/02/28/white-house-planning-major-announcement-thursday-on-steel-and-aluminum-imports/?utm_term=.e194517a18ae
― sleeve, Thursday, 1 March 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link
well, yeah
To recap:- No tariff announcement on schedule issued at 9 PM- Trump says he wants to announce tariff today, sending officials on mad scramble- Senior officials say the policy isn't ready, there'll be no announcement today, just a "listening session"- Trump announces tariff— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 1, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 1 March 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link
ah OK that explains the cluster of tweets from the last ten minutes, thanks
― sleeve, Thursday, 1 March 2018 17:39 (six years ago) link
MillerCoors statement: We are disappointed with President Trump’s announcement of a 10% tariff on aluminum. While we won’t know the details for a week, the Department of Defense recently reported that aluminum does not cause any national security issues. (1/3)— MillerCoors (@MillerCoors) March 1, 2018
― maura, Thursday, 1 March 2018 21:54 (six years ago) link
while this might make trump seem like an enemy of the common man, a shrewd observer pointed this out
Donald doesn't drink Beer. Need a strong statement from @CocaColaCo to really drive home the costs he will pay with every Diet Coke he drinks.— Rich McGilvray (@Misterchief) March 1, 2018
― maura, Thursday, 1 March 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
Alooooo min um
Lol u ppl talk funny
― But doctor, I am Camille Paglia (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 2 March 2018 08:27 (six years ago) link
"But we're still cool to sell our alu minnn yum, yeah?"
"Absolutely. Big league."
― But doctor, I am Camille Paglia (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 2 March 2018 08:33 (six years ago) link
we need to run the government like a business. tax cuts!
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 2 March 2018 15:16 (six years ago) link
man, between Delta and Coca-Cola it has not been a good month for Georgia business
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Friday, 2 March 2018 15:20 (six years ago) link
well s/month/week
Can someone explain to me why US Steel stock is down 4.5% on news of a foreign steel tariff? Do they import/process foreign steel themselves?
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 2 March 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
It seems to be a case of “buy the rumor sell the news”. Steel stocks were already up big on anticipation of this announcement, so now it’s probably profit taking.
― o. nate, Friday, 2 March 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
most ominous first post ever?
here we go guys
― El Tomboto, Thursday, October 18, 2007
― scott seward, Friday, 2 March 2018 16:13 (six years ago) link
"Can someone explain to me why US Steel stock is down 4.5% on news of a foreign steel tariff? Do they import/process foreign steel themselves?"
"The United States is the world's largest steel importer. In year-to-date. 2017 (through September), further referred to at YTD 2017, the U.S. imported 26.9 million metric tons of steel, an increase from 22.5 million metric tons in YTD 2016."
― scott seward, Friday, 2 March 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
mostly from china iirc?
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Friday, 2 March 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
we get most of our steel from three key allies -- canada, south korea, and brazil
https://www.trade.gov/steel/countries/pdfs/imports-us.pdf
can't imagine why president trumputin would want to mess with them
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 2 March 2018 17:02 (six years ago) link
they've treated us very unfairly, very unfairly
― j., Friday, 2 March 2018 17:02 (six years ago) link
weird, so the US doesn't import steel from China?
― self heating (brownie), Friday, 2 March 2018 17:05 (six years ago) link
i think i may have been misremembering a factoid that they are the largest purchaser of our iron ore exports
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Friday, 2 March 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
I heard this morning that China is in 11th place for steel imports.
― nickn, Friday, 2 March 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
they make steel at home but import huge amounts of the materials iirc
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Friday, 2 March 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
*RAW materials
do the tariffs impact the raw materials as well or just finished steel?
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 2 March 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
Isn't the story that China exports to middlemen to get to US? Chinese steel overproduction is a real problem but lol at Trump solving it...
― Frederik B, Saturday, 3 March 2018 00:26 (six years ago) link
WWE Raw materials
― But doctor, I am Camille Paglia (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 3 March 2018 01:24 (six years ago) link
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This thread is why I was stockpiling bulk foods 10 years ago
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 3 March 2018 22:58 (six years ago) link
Dried potato flakes are nearly nutritionally complete (just add a few greens), and last 30 years.
― It's because I'm human, isn't it?! (Sanpaku), Monday, 5 March 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
â– 313,000 jobs were added last month, the most since October 2015 and the 89th straight month of gains, a record. Economists had anticipated a gain of about 200,000.
― Mordy, Friday, 9 March 2018 14:25 (six years ago) link
cool, lets add 1.5 trillion of stimulus to that
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 9 March 2018 16:14 (six years ago) link
Fix the US economy by building trains everywhere is my core political belief
― valorous wokelord (silby), Friday, 9 March 2018 16:19 (six years ago) link
We can sell Train Victory Bonds
TRUMP TRAINS BABY *choo choo*
― I’m 16 and a member of UKIP’s youth wing, young independence (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 March 2018 16:20 (six years ago) link
I’m not too proud to ride a trump train, that’s how much trains matter to me
― valorous wokelord (silby), Friday, 9 March 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
what if they have trump's grinning face on the front, like thomas the tank engine
― I’m 16 and a member of UKIP’s youth wing, young independence (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 March 2018 16:27 (six years ago) link
q: can dogs urinate on it?
― NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Saturday, 10 March 2018 00:05 (six years ago) link
hi
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 19 March 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
The so-called FAANG stocks - Facebook, Amazon.com, Apple, Netflix and Google-parent Alphabet - were hit among the hardest Monday.
!?
― valorous wokelord (silby), Monday, 19 March 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
anyway, I'm pro-tanking-tech-stocks
― valorous wokelord (silby), Monday, 19 March 2018 18:03 (six years ago) link
FAANG were hit softly in the presence of those hit hardest
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 19 March 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link
also, when did everybody start using "so-called" in sentences that don't imply that the thing shouldn't actually be called what follows
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 19 March 2018 18:35 (six years ago) link
well, since forever, as "so-called" doesn't necessarily imply that
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 19 March 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link
but it does to me. and I've found others like me. you are supposed to say things like "this so-called 'general'" right before ripping the stars and bars off of the general's uniform.
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 19 March 2018 18:45 (six years ago) link
I am talking about the cartoon general that sells insurance in the US btw
At least back in 2010, probably much further.
The so-called PIIGS countries - Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain
― Bring the Paine (Sanpaku), Monday, 19 March 2018 18:55 (six years ago) link
love to sink my FAANGs into some PIIGS
― valorous wokelord (silby), Monday, 19 March 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
Strictly speaking, I am wrong and you are right. It just doesn't play that way to everyone. If it can have both meanings, I'd suggest not using "so-called" if one isn't trying to poke holes in the term one is about to repeat. Nobody will mistakenly believe that they are reading the first ever use of some term or acronym. Point it out when you invent a term, by all means. But leave out "so-called" otherwise, and we'll all save time in sum.
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 19 March 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
In the two examples itt, "so-called" does absolutely nothing if not also implying "this acronym is stupid"
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 19 March 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
The acronyms do convey sentiment within finance. PIIGS were awful bond risks, FAANG have been deadly to other businesses in their categories.
― Bring the Paine (Sanpaku), Monday, 19 March 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
ah, so "so-called" is saying the fangs are dull or some shit there? in that case, it is good.
― Sufjan in Worst Shithole of a Major American City (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 19 March 2018 19:25 (six years ago) link
can we call them the NAAAF stocks instead
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 19 March 2018 21:58 (six years ago) link