• @BakerBagel@midwest.social
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    321 days ago

    No one is gonna start producing cheap shitty knick-knacks in the US. The will continue to be maid in China, only now they will be twice as expensive

    • Zerlyna
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      121 days ago

      I buy steel products for automotive industry. Not dollar store items.

      • @BakerBagel@midwest.social
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        121 days ago

        So then you were probably already buying steel from US steel or Cleveland cliffs. Most automotive ateel in the US is purchased from those two firms

        • Zerlyna
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          121 days ago

          Correct. And in the last few weeks even with this tarriff announcement and you think business would be better, CC is shutting down plants and IIRC they are losing money. So I’m betting there’s a price increase. All metal suppliers started increasing their prices last month after the announcement to boot.