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.

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago

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.

I already explained the point. The point is to discourage them from buying from the USA because the USA is trying to discourage it's consumers from buying products from New Zealand. Machines from other countries are likely to be cheaper as well so it might even be cheaper.

The US tariffs dont hurt us much.

It hurts us some, they can also change things on a whim when they decide to hurt us more.

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.

Trade policy is set by the government. If this government just rolls over and takes it then we are going to be forever fucked whenever the US decides to use us as a whipping boy.