An interesting observation is that the tariffs are half of what the other country is charging. Does that mean this was a common strategy across the board? Or was strategic importance of goods considered?
>the tariffs are half of what the other country is charging
And that figure is questionable. Read "including currency manipulation and trade barriers". This is the same presidency that believes the "EU was made to screw USA over", and accused them, Japan and practically every other major economy of manipulating their own currency to harm US. It's improbable that rate has any basis in reality, but surely a detailed breakdown of how they came to that number will be published.. not.
Let's not forget the biggest of EVILs, Lesotho, with its 50% tariff. Mr Trump has just noticed that they have cornered the US economy. (A strange coincidence, Trump has recently said nobody has ever heard of Lesotho being a country...)
What happened to Canada?
At the moment, the automotive tariffs still stand and go into effect ... tonight? tomorrow?
Looks like they got cold feet on a blanket Canadian tariff.
But the whole process is so chaotic and subject to mood swings that I expect more holes and carve-outs than a block of PDO emmentaler.
They responded with a middle finger plus a boycott and the message was received loud and clear ?
Canada already has a customized tariff.
You obviously don't put tariffs on your own states /s
An interesting observation is that the tariffs are half of what the other country is charging. Does that mean this was a common strategy across the board? Or was strategic importance of goods considered?
>the tariffs are half of what the other country is charging
And that figure is questionable. Read "including currency manipulation and trade barriers". This is the same presidency that believes the "EU was made to screw USA over", and accused them, Japan and practically every other major economy of manipulating their own currency to harm US. It's improbable that rate has any basis in reality, but surely a detailed breakdown of how they came to that number will be published.. not.
> And that figure is questionable.
It's made up. It's based on our trade deficit with them, which has absolutely nothing to do with tariffs.
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There’s a 0% chance other countries were charging tariffs across the board on US goods at the rates claimed.
The EU simply doesn’t charge 40% rates on the bulk of US goods. Let alone the random countries that all somehow have 10% tariff rates in the US.
It's even wild to consider that countries like Ecuador are taking advantage of the US. An absolutely absurd idea.
Let's not forget the biggest of EVILs, Lesotho, with its 50% tariff. Mr Trump has just noticed that they have cornered the US economy. (A strange coincidence, Trump has recently said nobody has ever heard of Lesotho being a country...)
The numbers are not accurate.
Yeah, no, those numbers in the left column are not correct.
The list of countries lists Taiwan separately from China, but also lists Heard Island separately from Australia.
Also includes British Indian Ocean Territory. The only people who live there are on a US military base on Diego Garcia.