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[–] cdglow 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Nobody can predict the future, but to me it looks like Harley misread the situation badly.

Any new tariffs are temporary negotiation posturing and gamesmanship. It's in everybody's interest to free up trade as quickly as possible and this will end soon with a big US win.

Harley damaged their brand permanently over a temporary issue. Instead of trying to nickel and dime their way to success, they could have put out a big ad like "The bean counters begged us to move production overseas because of these tariffs. We said no. America is our family and home. American made quality." and just fucking killed it in the long-term.

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[–] Meggie110 2 points -2 points (+0|-2) ago 

So you thought other countries would just take these tariffs without retaliation? The EU even openly communicated what their reaction would be. Also if they don't move their production their products will become much more expensive which means that they are of shitty quality and even more overpriced.

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[–] AndrewBlazeIt 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

So you thought other countries would just take these tariffs without retaliation?

Please point to where @cdglow said this. Bitch.

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[–] cdglow ago 

So you thought other countries would just take these tariffs without retaliation?

Yeah, I never said that. You'd have to expect some pushback. We're going to have a temporary period of uncertainty and friction just like with China, but in the end the US with its stronger negotiating hand will be able to achieve some kind of long-term improvement in trade.

Granted, I think it's tough to know whether this is a matter of days/weeks/months, so a struggling corporation might get a bit nervous. But in what I've read about this Harley has been looking for an excuse to move some production out of the US for a while. I think Trump knows a lot more about this business than people think and his series of tweets might be dead on.