Graham Greenbag
Well-known member
I hear on the TV and read in the papers that the USA is imposing import tariffs and wonder how we got to this point and where it will all lead, and how it will effect our hobby too ?????
Like the majority of people (but maybe not UU members) I play instruments that have been made in China and directly or indirectly buy a lot of goods from there. I’d rather buy goods that were more locally made, but they are no longer available because the folk and companies that did make those items were forced out of business by cheaper imported goods. There are pluses and minuses to international trade but at times I wonder whether governments have been too slow in identifying and protecting skills, trades, companies and sectors within their own countries.
The question and topic is complex but what do UU members think?
Edit. Looking at the non editable header still dyslexia rules, KO.
Like the majority of people (but maybe not UU members) I play instruments that have been made in China and directly or indirectly buy a lot of goods from there. I’d rather buy goods that were more locally made, but they are no longer available because the folk and companies that did make those items were forced out of business by cheaper imported goods. There are pluses and minuses to international trade but at times I wonder whether governments have been too slow in identifying and protecting skills, trades, companies and sectors within their own countries.
The question and topic is complex but what do UU members think?
Edit. Looking at the non editable header still dyslexia rules, KO.