Off Topic » Motorcycle tariffs

And now it starts. H-D's president is not happy about the EU tariffs that they may be hit with: https://www.the-sun.com/motors/13876859/...oot-eu-tariffs/

The president of a large corporation doesn't wear a suit? Pretty causal. I wonder if that is what he was wearing when he addressed the House of Representatives?

BTW, check out the current and potential price of an H-D in Denmark as mentioned in the article.

In 2018, Harley-Davidson announced it would move some production of motorcycles for European customers overseas, primarily to Thailand, to avoid the high tariffs imposed by the European Union (EU) in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum

HD has nothing to whine about. They can just bring their production back here if they're upset about new tarrifs because they moved some operations to Thailand over tariffs to begin with.

There's no whining about tariffs if you've moved your operations to avoid other tariffs to begin with.

There was a Fortnine piece about HD made four years ago.

Tariffs and protectionism. And failing to move with the times.

Listening to tariff announcement right now, Trump's first example of foreign tariffs had to do with motorcycles...interesting!

Just announced 25% tariff on foreign autos, too.

Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #5

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Listening to tariff announcement right now, Trump's first example of foreign tariffs had to do with motorcycles...interesting!

Just announced 25% tariff on foreign autos, too.

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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #7

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Tax, as that is what it is, on Thailand made stuff is 34%

Triumph will need to ship stuff to the UK, unpack the bike and bolt on something, apply an "assembled in the UK" sticker and ship it on to USA. Tax now 10%

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You might find this video published by the Wall Street Journal interesting. It analyses how Trump's 25% auto import taxes will impact the cost to build America's most popular car, a Ford F150: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLpUEACVBlE

Since a lot of MC gear is made in places like China, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Pakistan, it looks like 30~46% price increases are to be expected.

Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #10

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Since a lot of MC gear is made in places like China, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Pakistan, it looks like 30~46% price increases are to be expected.

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I like Warren Buffert's Wall Street aphorism, "When the tide goes out we'll find out who's been swimming naked". If nothing else, this tariff announcement and the ensuing "panic" is going to expose a LOT. The entire global economy has been swimming in an ocean of debt for at least two decades and now the bill is coming due. Who's over-leveraged and how naked are they?

My daughter works for a company that sells (what I consider) too-expensive stainless steel Chinese-manufactured crap. It will be interesting to see how the increased Chinese tariffs affect the retail price of the products. No U.S. parts are sold, so the impact of the increased tariffs will be directly felt. Will the company or its supplier suck up some or all of the increased tariffs or will they be passed along via higher retail prices? Time will tell - provided that the company management can make a decision, which they are not very good at doing.

Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #12

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I like Warren Buffert's Wall Street aphorism, "When the tide goes out we'll find out who's been swimming naked". If nothing else, this tariff announcement and the ensuing "panic" is going to expose a LOT. The entire global economy has been swimming in an ocean of debt for at least two decades and now the bill is coming due. Who's over-leveraged and how naked are they?

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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #12

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I like Warren Buffert's Wall Street aphorism, "When the tide goes out we'll find out who's been swimming naked". If nothing else, this tariff announcement and the ensuing "panic" is going to expose a LOT. The entire global economy has been swimming in an ocean of debt for at least two decades and now the bill is coming due. Who's over-leveraged and how naked are they?

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