Friday, June 1, 2018

The Impact of Trump Tariffs To Date and Where It Will Hurt

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross



Ross may think it is only about Campbell's soup cans and beer cans but:

  • bike frames
  • ladders
  • mailboxes
  • staples
  • nails
  • computer parts
  • golf clubs
  • sinks
  • faucets
  • screen door and window frames
  • patio furniture
  • pots
  • pans
  • gates
  • fencing car rims
  • aircraft / aerospace (fuselage, forgings)
  • road vehicles (hang-on parts from sheet, extrusion profiles, engine blocks,wheels) bus and truck structures
  • trains
  • shipbuilding

are all made of aluminum.

And when it comes to steel, the list goes on and on:

• AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT
• AIR CONDITIONERS
• AIR DUCTS
• AUTOMOTIVE PARTS
• BATHS - BASINS - SHOWER TRAYS
• BEARINGS
• BINS
• BRIGHT SHAFTING BARS [COLD FORMED]
• BRUSHES
• CANS - LIDS - CROWN CORKS
• CHAINS
• CHIMNEYS - CHIMNEY CAPS
• CHUTES
• CLADDING - ROOFING
• CLOTH - NETTING
• COLD STORES
• COMPRESSORS
• CRANES
• CUTLERY
• DESERT COOLERS
• DISHED HEADS
• DRUMS - BARRELS
• ELECTRIC CABLES + ACCESSORIES
• ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT
• ELECTRODES
• ELEVATORS
• EXHAUST PIPES - SILENCERS
• EXPANDED METAL
• FANS
• FASTENERS - SCREWS - BOLTS - NUTS - RIVETS
• FENCING
• FILTERS
• FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT
• FLANGES
• FURNACES - INCINERATORS
• FURNITURE
• GAS CYLINDERS
• GRILLES
• HARDWARE - TOOLS
• HOSES - HOSE CLIPS
• HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES
• KITCHENS
• KITCHENWARE
• LOCKS - HINGES
• LUMINAIRES - LIGHTING
• MOTORS - ENGINES
• NAILS - SPIKES
• NEEDLES
• OVENS - BURNERS - STOVES
• PANEL BOARDS - SWITCH GEAR
• PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE
• PUMPS
• RADIATORS FOR HEATING
• REELS - SPOOLS
• ROPES - STRANDED WIRE - CABLES
• SAFES
• SECTIONS [COLD FORMED U,Z,C...]
• SHELVES - DISPLAYS
• SIGNAGE
• SPRINGS
• STAPLES - CLIPS
• STEEL WOOL - SPONGES
• STRAPS
• TILES FOR ROOFS AND CEILINGS
• TRANSFORMERS
• TROLLEYS - HANDCARTS
• TIRES - STEEL REINFORCED
• VALVES - FITTINGS
• WATER COOLERS
• WATER HEATERS
• WHEELS - PULLEYS
• WIRE DRAWING
• WIRE MESH

AND

FABRICATED STEEL - CONSTRUCTION
• AUTOMOTIVE [TRAILERS & VEHICLES]
• BOILERS - PRESSURE VESSELS
• CONTAINERS & REPAIR
• DECORATION - ARCHITECTURAL - HANDRAILS
• FABRICATION HEAVY
• FABRICATION LIGHT
• FABRICATION MEDIUM
• GRATINGS
• GUARD RAILS
• LIGHT POLES - MASTS - PYLONS
• MACHINING - TURNING
• MOULDS - DIES
• ORNAMENTAL STEEL
• PORTA CABINS
• PRE ENGINEERED BUILDINGS
• RAILWAY & TRAIN
• REBAR & WIRE ROD - CUTTING + BENDING
• SCAFFOLDING
• SHIP BUILDING & REPAIR
• SPACE FRAMES
• TANKS
• TRANSMISSION TOWERS

Wibur Ross is a con man.

-RW  



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