[FRIAM] Tariff blowback

[Gillian Densmore]

That's just the start!
America, imports a huge amount of things: normally this is perfectly ok.
Because: Friendly country gets an economy boost, and we get stuff the US
can't make. Yet, or even at all. In the gaming and somewhat greater tech
comunities the running joke is: america is bad at turning sand into GPU's
and motherboards but is great at being Mr.Wallet.
And honestly that's not bad...per-se. But does meen:be  super congenial and
even out right friendly to literally every sanely run country. Generally
(from what I understand) in return they'll send people over: from students,
to engineers, to marketers etc to pick up the slack where companies can't
and again we don't know how to do companies make money and etc etc.Ie We by
you beer, you fix my food truck, food truck offers jobs to your company
first, and discounts we both end up with win/win.
In the gaming area: Nvidia and AMD are already charging ridiculously hi
prices for there stuff both for gamers, and for backgones of companies: I
didn't know some types of GPU's are mad good at helping network switches
something about to do with the GPU core propper being Asynchrinous and mad
good at math dead useful  I have no idea how LOL.
And then there's uh basic buyers: might need or want a new GPU those
700-800 and at the top end 2k GPU's very likely doubling in costs and the
eh well butterfly effect being: How to body America's way of life: brought
to you buy a pouty old dude.

On Mon, Apr 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:

> The new tariffs of the Trump administration could blow up Apple. It is a
> little bit ironic that the administration in an attempt to "make america
> great again" destroys its most valuable company, isn't it? As everyone
> knows the supply chains of Apple end in China.
>
> https://www.reuters.com/technology/will-trump-tariffs-make-apple-iphones-more-expensive-2025-04-03/
>
> I knew that the 2nd term would be catastrophic but I wasn't sure which
> sort of catastrophe would happen. Apparently it starts with a worldwide
> economic crisis - which in turn will lead to massive unemployment and
> inflation.
>
> -J.
>
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