Hacker News with Generative AI: Trade Policy

Only Teslas exempt from new auto tariffs thanks to 85% domestic content rule (fuelarc.com)
In a major policy shift, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced that vehicles with 85% or more domestic content will be fully exempt from new tariffs on automobiles.

Auto Tariffs, Domestic Content, Tesla, Trade Policy

645 points by abduhl 24 days ago | 689 comments

Tariffs are an opportunity for Apple to reset its software priorities (macworld.com)
Tariffs! Are they off? Are they on? Are they halved, doubled, super-tricksy inside-outified? Nobody really knows.

Apple, Software, Business, Trade Policy

12 points by walterbell 37 days ago | 0 comments

CNN Lite (lite.cnn.com)
Small businesses sue Trump administration over authority to impose tariffs

Small Businesses, Trade Policy, Trump Administration, Lawsuits

5 points by escot 39 days ago | 0 comments

High tariffs didn't make the U.S. rich in the 19th century. They won't this time (economicforces.xyz)
High tariffs didn't make the U.S. rich in the 19th century. They won't this time.

Economics, History, Trade Policy

28 points by paulpauper 44 days ago | 4 comments

France suggests targeting Big Tech's data use in response to US tariffs (politico.eu)
French Economy and Finance Minister Eric Lombard has suggested striking back against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs broadside by more strictly regulating U.S. Big Tech's use of data.

France, Big Tech, Data Privacy, Trade Policy, US Economy

18 points by giuliomagnifico 47 days ago | 3 comments

Tariffs Can Help America (foreignaffairs.com)
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to implement a suite of aggressive tariffs on American trade partners, including a blanket 20 percent levy on goods from abroad.

Tariffs, Trade Policy, Economics, International Relations, United States

17 points by ckcheng 48 days ago | 41 comments

The Darkest Timeline – how I see the 54% tariff impacting the game industry (stonemaiergames.com)
Last night I tried to work on a new game I’m brainstorming, but it’s really hard to create something for the future when that future looks so grim. I mostly just found myself staring blankly at the enormity of the newly announced 54% tariff on goods manufactured in China and imported to the US.

Game Industry, Trade Policy, Economics, China

57 points by vyrotek 50 days ago | 46 comments

What Smoot-Hawley can teach us about U.S. tariffs, according to economists (cnbc.com)

Economics, Tariffs, Trade Policy, United States

5 points by rntn 52 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: How will uncertain tariff policies impact tech startups and funding? (ycombinator.com)
In what ways will tech startups (and the tech industry in general)? How has your startup been impacted?

Startups, Funding, Trade Policy, Technology

13 points by softwaredoug 73 days ago | 15 comments

Processing of De Minimis Shipments per Executive Orders Issued Feb 1 (govdelivery.com)
Pursuant to the Executive Orders (EOs) signed on February 1, 2025, and as implemented in the Federal Register Notice Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of the People’s Republic of China Pursuant to the President’s February 1, 2025 Executive Order Imposing Duties to Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China, posted for public inspection on the Federal Register’s website on February 3, 2025 and scheduled to be published on February 5, 2025, most products of

Trade Policy, International Relations, China, Executive Orders

17 points by gnabgib 108 days ago | 1 comments

The Economic and Fiscal Effects of the Trump Administration's Proposed Tariffs (budgetlab.yale.edu)

Economics, Fiscal Policy, Trade Policy, Trump Administration

106 points by danboarder 110 days ago | 66 comments

Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act (wikipedia.org)
The Tariff Act of 1930 (codified at 19 U.S.C. ch. 4), commonly known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff or Hawley–Smoot Tariff,[1] was a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States.

Economics, History, Trade Policy, United States

104 points by mooreds 111 days ago | 24 comments

Dutch Align with US Export Controls on Some ASML Chip Tools (bloomberg.com)
The Netherlands tightened export control rules to make ASML Holding NV apply for licenses with the Dutch government instead of Washington for some of its tools.

International Relations, Semiconductor Industry, Export Controls, Netherlands, Trade Policy

106 points by ksec 127 days ago | 245 comments

Tariffs Won't Work, Just as McKinley's Didn't (bloomberg.com)
Donald Trump’s return to the White House means that one of his signature issues will soon return to the center of Washington’s economic policy agenda: tariffs.

Economics, Trade Policy, US Politics

18 points by paulpauper 193 days ago | 30 comments

How Will Trump's Universal and China Tariffs Impact the Economy? (taxfoundation.org)
President-elect Trump has promised to impose steep new taxes on trade, including a 10-20 percent tariff on all imports, at least a 60 percent tariffTariffs are taxes imposed by one country on goods imported from another country. Tariffs are trade barriers that raise prices, reduce available quantities of goods and services for US businesses and consumers, and create an economic burden on foreign exporters. on Chinese imports, and a 25-100 percent tariff on Mexican imports.

Economics, Trade Policy, China, United States, International Relations

7 points by wumeow 195 days ago | 4 comments

Once again: Imports do not subtract from GDP (noahpinion.blog)
Tariffs feature prominently in this year’s election debate. Although the Biden administration has put some pretty steep tariffs on some Chinese goods, Trump wants to go much further — he wants to put a 20% tariff on every single thing the U.S. imports, from any country. Trump seems to be a deep believer in the power of tariffs to solve almost any economic problem.