This has been circulating online, and many Filipinos don’t seem impressed with the news. Before the president's visit, the tariff was 20%, and now it's 19%. They're calling it a “significant win,” but for real - is it?
we impose lower tariffs (or even none at all) on U.S. products entering the country. so what exactly are we celebrating here?
Feels like we’re being taken for a ride, hyping up something that barely scratches the surface.
Almost like clapping for a clown just because he managed to entertain us so well.
This whole tariffs things is an absolute farce and it's ultimately Americans who pay this additional tax. Are you saying that before this whole charade started with Trump that your goods were tariffed at 17% already? In which case there never was much wiggle room and 19% is probably the only concession you could have gotten - there's no way Trump will want to look weak by dropping it below where it started. I've never seen a president work so hard to bring down the American economy from within - he has sown so much bitterness by allies and enemies alike while only serving his elite friends. Then again, he is the golfing president who never gave up his business interests, which are in direct conflict with a supposedly unbiased politician.