03har schreef op 10 mei 2021 10:48:
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Niet alleen de eind consumenten.!
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The goal of Trump's tariffs was to increase the competitiveness of American-made steel relative to the rest of the world, but that does not appear to have happened. Instead, American steelmakers have simply been able to raise prices even faster because they are protected from competition.
And while higher domestic steel prices could, in theory, nudge American steelmakers to invest in expanding plants and
hiring more workers, that doesn't seem to have happened either. Even amid surging prices, U.S. Steel announced this week that it was canceling plans for a $1 billion expansion of one of its major steel plants in Pennsylvania—an expansion Trump had touted as evidence that his tariffs were working. Bank of America, meanwhile, is warning that high steel prices are likely a "bubble" that will soon burst, rather than a stable long-term situation that would encourage steelmakers to invest in more capacity.
zie het banen rapport maar als maat voor effect.
03haR