Comment by andreygrehov
10 months ago
No, Tunisia imposes tariffs on U.S. imports. If they want to avoid our tariffs, they can remove theirs, and we'll do the same.
10 months ago
No, Tunisia imposes tariffs on U.S. imports. If they want to avoid our tariffs, they can remove theirs, and we'll do the same.
But Trump hasn't calculated these tariffs based on their tariffs. He's calculated it based on trade surplus.
Here is the data from 2016 on tariffs the apply to the US:
https://wits.worldbank.org/tariff/trains/en/country/TUN/part...
Here is the data from 2022 on tariffs the US applies to Tunisia:
https://wits.worldbank.org/tariff/trains/en/country/USA/part...