Comment by District5524

Exactly. Calculation for actual figures is based on trade deficit, everything else is just a fat lie. "White House officials said its levies were reciprocal to countries, such as China, which it said charge higher tariffs on US goods, impose "non-tariff" barriers to US trade or have otherwise acted in ways the government feels undermine American economic goals" (from BBC) Non-tariff barrier usually means regulation US exporters don't like, including data protection, EU not wanting to buy junk food from the US, most of which apply to EU companies the same way anyway... There is no point in asking for a reduction of these tariffs, and will probably never happen.