r/Jamaica • u/Sensitive-Pie-6595 • 3d ago
Economy Tariffs shouldn't really Hurt us
Those who live in Yard know that for so long we have been creating our own products, and buying from anywhere but the US. This goes back to the 1980s when America would give us 'string loans'... that is... they loan us $X but it can only be used to buy American products.
There was a time when in a supermarket big loooong aisles full of US stuff.
Over the years we started to quietly replace them with local products so that we didn't those loans.
We also started buying from other islands so that we had stuff from T'dad and of course, China.
Just before Trump did his tariff thing I looked at where my stuff came from.
Okay, everything that plugs in comes from China. Almost all my clothes come from China.
Now, my groceries.
I buy local stuff and stuff that comes from T'dad and every where else. Like this yogurt I use on my cereal comes from France, the other from Spain and the cereal is Jamaican. The coffee is Jamaican and I use Lasco instead of coffee mate.
The kind of flat breads/wraps i use are made in Jamaica as are the vegetables, soup, porridge, chocolate... in fact... I read labels before purchase.
if you look on the roads we have Toyota, Sukuzi... I haven't seen a US car since some years ago this Dodge.
I think Jamaica is not going to suffer very much because we wisely moved to standing on our own.
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u/Environmental_Tooth 3d ago edited 3d ago
No one? Where do you live? Cause the vendors and shops are complaining say Amazon and asos a eat them food.
There was meme going around a couple of months ago after a party cause 5 man buy the same shirt from Asos and wear it go the same party.
You no look pan the news? The issues the vendors were complaining about make it as far as TVJ. Nobody nah come by then stores and them stall Fi buy fake items fi real prices.