Why do I have to be specific, the point stands on its own.
I don’t think so. Your point is that there is no way to get competing machines or parts from other places in the world. This is a dubious claim and you’d need to provide at least an example or two.
Why should our businesses pay an increased price for American good?
To discourage them from buying from the USA. The reason for that is because the USA is trying to discourage it’s consumers from buying products from New Zealand with the specific intent of hurting New Zealand which means you and me.
Our 3 biggest imports from the US are agricultural machinery, ICT goods and healthcare goods. So I’d say those are hard and costly to replace especially with vendor lock in.
First of all I doubt these machines are actually manufactured in the USA. If they are not we can just import them from the countries where they are manufactured. Both ICT goods (whatever that means) and healthcare goods are widely available from countless countries around the world including the EU, China, India, and Canada.
My point is not that there is no where else to buy the products. My point is that there is no point in the government stepping in and deciding that nz businesses now have to pay extra.
The US tariffs dont hurt us much. We can sell elsewhere and likely still complete in the us with the tariffs. However if our government tariggs us goods it will hurt us a lot. Extra costs on our top 3 US imports would make everything more expensive here, make our exports less competitive and do all this at a time when market capital is uncertain and liquidity is low.
These devices all do final stage manufacturing in the US. Switching out a system can cost a fuck ton. If I had a John deer tractor system and I had to switch it to a Chinese one there would be a ton of things that dont work together and require buying a new thing. Thats wasteful.
Nzers have more than enough reasons to boycott and avoid the us. I dont think it is a good idea for the government to make the decision for us.
I don’t think so. Your point is that there is no way to get competing machines or parts from other places in the world. This is a dubious claim and you’d need to provide at least an example or two.
To discourage them from buying from the USA. The reason for that is because the USA is trying to discourage it’s consumers from buying products from New Zealand with the specific intent of hurting New Zealand which means you and me.
First of all I doubt these machines are actually manufactured in the USA. If they are not we can just import them from the countries where they are manufactured. Both ICT goods (whatever that means) and healthcare goods are widely available from countless countries around the world including the EU, China, India, and Canada.
My point is not that there is no where else to buy the products. My point is that there is no point in the government stepping in and deciding that nz businesses now have to pay extra.
The US tariffs dont hurt us much. We can sell elsewhere and likely still complete in the us with the tariffs. However if our government tariggs us goods it will hurt us a lot. Extra costs on our top 3 US imports would make everything more expensive here, make our exports less competitive and do all this at a time when market capital is uncertain and liquidity is low.
These devices all do final stage manufacturing in the US. Switching out a system can cost a fuck ton. If I had a John deer tractor system and I had to switch it to a Chinese one there would be a ton of things that dont work together and require buying a new thing. Thats wasteful.
Nzers have more than enough reasons to boycott and avoid the us. I dont think it is a good idea for the government to make the decision for us.