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Pharmaceuticals face 100% tariffs in US – unless firms strike a deal

37 points by geox

by JumpCrisscross

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Got to love whoever looked at prescription drugs as a political issue and concluded what’s needed are higher prices in an election year.

by Molitor5901

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Interesting point from the article.
"The importance of the move may be largely symbolic at this point, as it does not apply to generic medicines - the most commonly used medicines in the US."

by chrisgd

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by josefritzishere

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I don't want to sound dramatic but he is quite literally playing chickens with peoples lives. This is not mentally sound behavior, nor strategically coherent.

by surgical_fire

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What an odd way to phrase this. The actual body of the article is a tad more clear.
> Patented medicines will face a 100% tariff entering the US
This is paid those importing the medicines, and passed on to the consumers.

by Simulacra

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I can't read the article because the BBC has a big paywall over it, does anyone have a link? Archive.xx gets stuck in a verification loop

by excalibur

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Mafia Don shaking everyone down for their lunch money as usual. We used to be better than this.