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The U.S. government said Monday it is immediately placing a 17% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations ended without an agreement to avert the tariff.

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[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 82 points 1 day ago (3 children)

And who will be working those farms? But I’m sure somebody in the administration figured a way to short a stock involving it, somehow

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ this is the absolute dumbest time line....ice... ice did this

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No, Trump did this. ICE is his tool to do this, but make no mistake, Trump is to blame.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

America is to blame. Trump is simply a symptom of America's collective sickness.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The U.S. has been manipulated into this hellhole situation just like those raped thirteen year old girls - promises of nice things and candy.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Well yes and his little impotent chudd Miller

[–] seralth@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My old highschool now has the option for kids to opt out of PE instead you hop on the school bus and your 4 hour block is instead done on a local farm helping out.

So children mostly I would assume.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its not a bad thing to allow highschool kids to experience real working conditions. Americans also need to see for themselves that working on a farm isn't the horrible torture everyone acts like it is.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The work isn’t the horrible torture, it’s the non-livable wages.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Then the question is how do we get livable wages to whoever is working on farms.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

I can think of one way

[–] Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Nitpick: this would be shorting a future, not a stock.

Futures are typically “physical” goods like oil, bananas, cheese, maple syrup, etc. there are also other types of futures.

These commodities futures were originally created in the 1600s in Japan for rice, but they got their mass appeal in Chicago in the late 1800s.

The trading floors in Chicago are pretty cool and have a ton of interesting history.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

Thanks for the clarification. I figured there was something you could bet against, but forgot about futures. Appreciate it!

[–] match@pawb.social 2 points 18 hours ago

what's it called when you're shorting your children's futures