The president warned of a 100-percent tariff on Mattel and said that the company "won't sell one toy in the United States."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29381241

Donald Trump has threatened to place a 100 percent tariff on Barbie maker Mattel, after the company’s CEO said it would continue to manufacture outside the U.S. but would be reducing its reliance on Chinese imports.

“I’ve heard [Mattel] said: ‘Well we’re going to go counter, we’re going to try going someplace else,’” Trump said in the Oval Office on Thursday. “That’s OK, let him go, and we’ll put a 100 percent tariff on his toys, and he won’t sell one toy in the United States, and that’s their biggest market.”

In an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz was asked whether it would be cheaper to relocate some manufacturing to the U.S. due to the tariffs, but responded: “We don’t see that happening.”

  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    17 hours ago

    Genocides happening, tariffs are fucking over the global economy, Ukraine and Pakistan are getting attacked by fascists, yeah Barbie top of the triage list.

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
      201·
      16 hours ago

      The sheer number of executive orders is in the ten thousands now I believe. Journalists reliably pick the scandalous and dumb shit while democracy is being dismantled.

      • jason@discuss.onlineEnglish
        22·
        11 hours ago

        Did you hear… the leader of the world’s largest pedophile club died. Then, the subordinate members sent smoke signals, and there is a new leader. Holy shit, he’s American! Let’s interview a guy who visited an ice cream shop 2 towns away from where he went to school.

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