Re: TRUMP TARIFFS
I'm going to offer a theory here. I suspect that the tariffs are not going to last that long, I suspect Trump is using this as a bargaining chip for trade concessions in the not too distant future. He is not an idiot (I hope), and knows that the price increases due to the tariffs are going to adversely affect the US economy. Now it's just a game of chicken with our trading partners and somebody will blink, I just hope it's not us. I understand it is much more complex than I propose here, but I think this boils it down to the bottom line.
If you need a machine right now, it might be a good time to buy to get pre-tariff pricing, or plan longer term and wait for the storm to blow over. I hope I'm right.
On the other hand, I'm not sure that the tariffs apply to Taiwan goods, but I could be wrong here.
Jim Dawson
Sandy, Oregon, USA