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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Fri May 31, 2019, 10:38 AM May 2019

Trump administration 25 percent tariff proposal targets U.S. board game, game console imports

The Trump administration is escalating the United States’ growing trade war with China, with hobby gaming now caught in the crossfire. A new document published by the Office of the United States Trade Representative lists thousands of goods categories that could be receiving new or revised tariffs in the amount of 25%.

On the list, buried between billiards and Christmas ornaments are a number of categories related to gaming, including video game consoles and machines, coin-operated arcade machines, and parts related to the operation of coin-operated arcade games.

The video game industry has already suffered a 10% tariff that impacts graphics card makers AMD and Nvidia. The Entertainment Software Agency (the lobbying body representing the video game industry) never weighed in publicly on the situation. Since then, the ESA has undergone leadership change, with Stanley Pierre-Louis taking over the president and CEO role after serving in that position on a temporary basis after previous head Mike Gallagher stepped down.

“The video game industry boasts a trade surplus for the American economy,” the organization told GameDaily via email. “Tariffs will hurt the American economy, its industries, and its consumers.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-25-percent-tariff-200300879.html?

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Trump administration 25 percent tariff proposal targets U.S. board game, game console imports (Original Post) Sherman A1 May 2019 OP
Most of my Games come from Japan... yuiyoshida Jun 2019 #1

yuiyoshida

(41,761 posts)
1. Most of my Games come from Japan...
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 02:40 PM
Jun 2019

I hope Trump can tell the difference between Japanese and Chinese cause hey, I already pre ordered ICEBORNE from Monster Hunter World ..



I hope the price doesn't go up...cause I already paid full price for this game! I don't need the store GAMESTOP telling me I was short on my payments.
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