Tariffs

[Analog Kid]

I'd rather be able to speak my mind. In the age of internet surveillance, visiting a dictatorship and trash talking dictators on the internet has become a bad idea. I'm not giving up calling him Pooh.

Nor, for that matter, T'rump, The Orange One, etc Never thought that would come to the USA.

It's worth bearing in mind that Trump's hallmark is to call people he dislikes by ridiculous nicknames. It would be a shame to be associated with the likes of Trump because you do the same thing. Sure, you're free to trash talk them or call them stupid names, but being free to do so doesn't mean you have to.

Heh; there was a funny bit on Jon Stewart's  Daily Show, after Trump called Gavin Newsom "Newscum", where the "news reporter" talked about how Trump was depleting the National Strategic Nickname Reserve:

https://youtu.be/x3QVK1cFqQs?t=85

[Zoli]

I would agree with u666sa here; get first hand experience, or at least read/watch first hand experience

I'd rather be able to speak my mind. In the age of internet surveillance, visiting a dictatorship and trash talking dictators on the internet has become a bad idea. I'm not giving up calling him Pooh.

My point is: the uyghur problem is presented extremely distorted by the US and in the west(one more reason for tariffs and boycott); the only way to counter the distorsion is to have/read/watch first hand experience. As side note, I call the persons Prince of Orange, respectively Winnie the Pooh.

[nctnico]

I would agree with u666sa here; get first hand experience, or at least read/watch first hand experience

I'd rather be able to speak my mind. In the age of internet surveillance, visiting a dictatorship and trash talking dictators on the internet has become a bad idea. I'm not giving up calling him Pooh.

My point is: the uyghur problem is presented extremely distorted by the US and in the west(one more reason for tariffs and boycott); the only way to counter the distorsion is to have/read/watch first hand experience. As side note, I call the persons Prince of Orange, respectively Winnie the Pooh.

For completeness: a neighbour across the street has earned the nickname Norbit. Guess why 

[Analog Kid]

I would agree with u666sa here; get first hand experience, or at least read/watch first hand experience

I'd rather be able to speak my mind. In the age of internet surveillance, visiting a dictatorship and trash talking dictators on the internet has become a bad idea. I'm not giving up calling him Pooh.

My point is: the uyghur problem is presented extremely distorted by the US and in the west(one more reason for tariffs and boycott); the only way to counter the distorsion is to have/read/watch first hand experience. As side note, I call the persons Prince of Orange, respectively Winnie the Pooh.

For completeness: a neighbour across the street has earned the nickname Norbit. Guess why 

OK, I'll bite: why?
(I'm guessing this must be some kind of Yurpeen thing.)

[MT]

Slowly some folks have woken up and start to ask: Who is the clowns employer? Who pay's the clowns? Who installed the clowns?

[Analog Kid]

Now, that is one goddamned good use of "AI"! (the "generative" flavor, anyhow)

[alex843]

This was discussed in another thread.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/manufacture/digikey-new-tariff-status-sorting/

Digikey operate a Foreign-Trade Zone within their warehouse, so imported parts can usually be reexported without tariffs applied.
Mouser apparently also operate a FTZ.

No idea about Amazon, but I don't imagine they do this yet.  Like most sellers the application of tariffs will depend on the origin of the item and where it is stocked, and items bought from Amazon US may ship directly from the COO (e.g. China).  The listing should indicate that, and a bit of shopping around should indicate if tariffs have been added to the price.

Thanks, I noticed the link given in that thread appears to be quite old, from 2020.

https://www.digikey.ca/en/blog/protecting-digi-key-customers-and-suppliers-from-tariff-effects

In a more recent article it appears there might still be some doubt about the degree of tariff mitigation possible,

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5332209/digikey-tariff-small-minnesota-town-big-company

But many of the newest White House tariffs no longer allow duty drawbacks. And that's becoming DigiKey's biggest disadvantage against European or Asian rivals. Will foreign customers simply shop locally if DigiKey starts charging them for U.S. tariffs? Will domestic customers — say, companies building energy or medical devices — move operations abroad to do their shopping overseas?

I guess the only answer is to check everything before ordering, check the price with the country/region set to US and check again using the local country/region. Then compare with element14, amazon-japan and other sites.

[tom66]

I'd rather be able to speak my mind. In the age of internet surveillance, visiting a dictatorship and trash talking dictators on the internet has become a bad idea. I'm not giving up calling him Pooh.

Nor, for that matter, T'rump, The Orange One, etc Never thought that would come to the USA.

It's worth bearing in mind that Trump's hallmark is to call people he dislikes by ridiculous nicknames. It would be a shame to be associated with the likes of Trump because you do the same thing. Sure, you're free to trash talk them or call them stupid names, but being free to do so doesn't mean you have to.

I would argue it predates Trump by a number of years, many Faux News 'correspondents' would do it.  Obama would get "accidentally" mixed up with "Osama", and they're emphasise the "Hussein" in his name because foreign name is scary.

[AVGresponding]

Occasionally you'll get politicians who clearly belong in The Rhyming Slang Party, such as UK's Jeremy Hunt. He was accidentally(?) called his rhyming slang name by a presenter, on a live broadcast

[Zero999]

I'd rather be able to speak my mind. In the age of internet surveillance, visiting a dictatorship and trash talking dictators on the internet has become a bad idea. I'm not giving up calling him Pooh.

Nor, for that matter, T'rump, The Orange One, etc Never thought that would come to the USA.

It's worth bearing in mind that Trump's hallmark is to call people he dislikes by ridiculous nicknames. It would be a shame to be associated with the likes of Trump because you do the same thing. Sure, you're free to trash talk them or call them stupid names, but being free to do so doesn't mean you have to.

Trump bashing others by calling them silly names, whilst agreeing with a post calling Trump silly name. The irony is just off the scale.

Unfortunately there's no medication for Trump derangement syndrome.

[PlainName]

Sorry, you've lost me. Who or what are you referring to?

[Zero999]

Sorry, you've lost me. Who or what are you referring to?

You appeared to agree with a post made by tggzzz, calling Trump a silly name, whilst at the same time disagreeing with Trump calling people silly names.

Is that right?

[PlainName]

Sorry, you've lost me. Who or what are you referring to?

You appeared to agree with a post made by tggzzz, calling Trump a silly name, whilst at the same time disagreeing with Trump calling people silly names.

Is that right?

No, it's arse about face. Having reread the thread I can't see how I could be misinterpreted, but you managed it!

I was suggesting that calling Trump (and others one doesn't like) stupid names is acting in the same way as them and not a good look.

I also made the point that there is no law against doing that, but the absence of such a law (or other inducement) doesn't mean you have to sink to their level. So (hint hint) don't.

Hope that's clear enough for you.

[Zero999]

Sorry, you've lost me. Who or what are you referring to?

You appeared to agree with a post made by tggzzz, calling Trump a silly name, whilst at the same time disagreeing with Trump calling people silly names.

Is that right?

No, it's arse about face. Having reread the thread I can't see how I could be misinterpreted, but you managed it!

I was suggesting that calling Trump (and others one doesn't like) stupid names is acting in the same way as them and not a good look.

I also made the point that there is no law against doing that, but the absence of such a law (or other inducement) doesn't mean you have to sink to their level. So (hint hint) don't.

Hope that's clear enough for you.

Okay, I apologise. I agree with you. Those who oppose Trump shouldn't act like him.

[Gyro]

As an aside, I was just listening to a quiz panel show. I've double checked and 'Donald' has a Gaelic derivation (given his Scottish ancestry) meaning 'ruler of the world' or 'world mighty'! 'Trump', on the other hand,  in the UK county of my birth means to 'break wind - fart'. I guess this gives some sub-textural flexibility depending on which name you use. 

[themadhippy]

'Donald' has a Gaelic derivation (given his Scottish ancestry) meaning 'ruler of the world' or 'world mighty'! 'Trump', on the other hand,  in the UK county of my birth means to 'break wind - fart'

king of the farts

[tggzzz]

As an aside, I was just listening to a quiz panel show. I've double checked and 'Donald' has a Gaelic derivation (given his Scottish ancestry) meaning 'ruler of the world' or 'world mighty'! 'Trump', on the other hand,  in the UK county of my birth means to 'break wind - fart'. I guess this gives some sub-textural flexibility depending on which name you use. 

And oop t'north, T'rump has another interpretation

[SiliconWizard]

So the OP was about strategies to deal with the new US tariffs (which, btw, are likely to not be definitive and many of you probably realize this).

Where are we at with this topic 39 pages later?

[Gyro]

As an aside, I was just listening to a quiz panel show. I've double checked and 'Donald' has a Gaelic derivation (given his Scottish ancestry) meaning 'ruler of the world' or 'world mighty'! 'Trump', on the other hand,  in the UK county of my birth means to 'break wind - fart'. I guess this gives some sub-textural flexibility depending on which name you use. 

And oop t'north, T'rump has another interpretation

I was born oop t'north 

[Analog Kid]

As an aside, I was just listening to a quiz panel show. I've double checked and 'Donald' has a Gaelic derivation (given his Scottish ancestry) meaning 'ruler of the world' or 'world mighty'! 'Trump', on the other hand,  in the UK county of my birth means to 'break wind - fart'. I guess this gives some sub-textural flexibility depending on which name you use. 

And oop t'north, T'rump has another interpretation

Which is just another slur.
Talk about the schoolyard ...

[tggzzz]

As an aside, I was just listening to a quiz panel show. I've double checked and 'Donald' has a Gaelic derivation (given his Scottish ancestry) meaning 'ruler of the world' or 'world mighty'! 'Trump', on the other hand,  in the UK county of my birth means to 'break wind - fart'. I guess this gives some sub-textural flexibility depending on which name you use. 

And oop t'north, T'rump has another interpretation

Which is just another slur.
Talk about the schoolyard ...

Calling politicians and monarchs and generals by a nickname is a time honoured tradition, and is in no way confined to the schoolyard. Some expressions of them are worth large sums of money.

[shabaz]

And caricatures.. so powerful that even schoolkids with an unawareness of current affairs would look forward to watching the news with their parents from time to time, just so they could follow what was going on!

[tom66]

Calling politicians and monarchs and generals by a nickname is a time honoured tradition, and is in no way confined to the schoolyard. Some expressions of them are worth large sums of money.

Spitting Image for instance, or Dead Ringers, two classic British comedies, who pull no punches on either side of the political spectrum.

[TimFox]

As an aside, I was just listening to a quiz panel show. I've double checked and 'Donald' has a Gaelic derivation (given his Scottish ancestry) meaning 'ruler of the world' or 'world mighty'! 'Trump', on the other hand,  in the UK county of my birth means to 'break wind - fart'. I guess this gives some sub-textural flexibility depending on which name you use. 

And oop t'north, T'rump has another interpretation

Which is just another slur.
Talk about the schoolyard ...

Every President has nicknames.
My favorites (from a Wikipedia list):
Martin van Buren:  The American Talleyrand
Millard Fillmore:  The American Louis Philippe
Andrew Johnson:  Andy the Sot,  cf Mehmet the Sot of the Ottoman Empire
Woodrow Wilson:  Coiner of weasel words
Richard Nixon:  Tricky Dick
Ronald Reagan:  The Teflon President
Bill Clinton:  Slick Willie
The present incumbent may be remembered in the rhyming slang: to take a Donald.

[tggzzz]

Calling politicians and monarchs and generals by a nickname is a time honoured tradition, and is in no way confined to the schoolyard. Some expressions of them are worth large sums of money.

Spitting Image for instance, or Dead Ringers, two classic British comedies, who pull no punches on either side of the political spectrum.

Beat me to it.

Add the excellent Private Eye magazine.