Waiting for his attempts to re-educate the world in math. E.g. "5 is less than 2, 10 is less than 3..." and so on. Possibly a new such lesson every day to steer whatever numbers he decides at that moment. I have no doubts that he will try such things, the test will be if that 35% of the population that deifies his yammering. "Prices are up but it is making America great again." Oh, ok.
Somehow I don't think those 'snowbirds' are going to give up the familiar surroundings of Hua Hin and flock to an unfamiliar country just because they have to apply for a tourist visa (as they probably did during previous years anyway).
Syria has been pretty cozy with Russia in the past, I suspect DT cleared this visit with the guy in The Kremlin beforehand.
One of my favorite stories regarding alliances in the region is from 10 years ago or so, back when Raqqa was the official gateway to Hell. To aid Syria Iran agreed to allow Russian airstrikes to pass through their airspace en route to Syria. Day 1 saw a successful attack. Day 2 Russia attacked a strategic military site in Iran by mistake. Oops! Didn't hear any more about this agreement after that.
Tariffs are paid by the importer, which might be a subsidiary of an exporting company, or, and more commonly, the appointed distributor. Tariffs are paid ad valorem; based on the value of the goods. Essentially, the tariffs is paid on the final selling price. When a distributor imports goods, typically they buy for a sell-in price and sell for a sell out price, with their margin based on a percentage of the difference.
Walmart owns no factories in China. Most of their Chinese goods are directly imported based on a Sale-In Price. Payable tariff is calculated based on Sell Out prices. Tariffs will not trigger force majeure. Walmart operates on quite small margins when you look at that recent 10-k.
I'm sure the kids will love the Corn Dollies and Sticks for Christmas.
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