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Comment by Qworg

8 months ago

You can see the report here: https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations

Given that both elasticities were set to cancel each other, that's why you get a flat trade deficit/imports calculation.

This is, sadly, the way a freshman econ student would calculate tariffs.

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