{"id":4495,"date":"2019-09-09T15:05:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T22:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogv2prod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/?p=4495"},"modified":"2021-02-08T02:05:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T10:05:42","slug":"everyday-americans-are-the-real-victims-of-the-trade-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/everyday-americans-are-the-real-victims-of-the-trade-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday Americans are the Real Victims of the Trade War"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>With all the abstract talk in the news about tariffs and the trade war with China, it&rsquo;s too easy for us everyday consumers to change the channel and not give it a second thought. In reality, however, we&rsquo;re the ones who suffer. As Chief Merchandising Officer at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogv2prod.wpenginepowered.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"CarParts.com\">CarParts.com<\/a>, I&rsquo;ve seen first-hand how hard these additional costs hit customers. In <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/460483-the-trade-wars-real-victims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"a piece I wrote for &lt;em&gt;The Hill&lt;\/em&gt;\">a piece I wrote for <em>The Hill<\/em><\/a>, I felt it was important to look at the numbers from a perspective that may very well hit home for most:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&hellip; JP Morgan estimates the average American will pay an additional $1,000 because of the trade war&mdash;and remember, that&rsquo;s 2.5 times the $400 emergency that 40 percent of Americans already cannot afford&hellip; Tariffs are not abstract, and they are not distant. Their victim is likely a mom who must keep her 12-year-old Chevy Malibu on the road so she can drop off the kids at school and go to work. She cannot afford a $1,000 surprise.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/460483-the-trade-wars-real-victims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"here\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AdobeStock_259392923-e1568067550248-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AdobeStock_259392923-e1568067550248-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AdobeStock_259392923-e1568067550248-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AdobeStock_259392923-e1568067550248-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AdobeStock_259392923-e1568067550248-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/AdobeStock_259392923-e1568067550248.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>With all the abstract talk in the news about tariffs and the trade war with China, it&rsquo;s too easy for&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carparts.com\/blog\/everyday-americans-are-the-real-victims-of-the-trade-war\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":4516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[656],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[2633],"class_list":{"0":"post-4495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-industry-insights","8":"entry"},"acf":{"adrotate_specific_mobile_ad":"","adrotate_specific_desktop_ad":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Everyday Americans are the Real Victims of the Trade War - In The Garage with CarParts.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Everyday Americans are the Real Victims of the Trade War - In The Garage with CarParts.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reading Time:  &lt; 1 minuteWith all the abstract talk in the news about tariffs and the trade war with China, it&rsquo;s too easy for... 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