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Comment by philipallstar

21 hours ago

No, I'm saying what you said was misleading at best, because tariffs already existed.

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nehal3m  13 hours ago

Again, obviously. Tariffs were an economic precision instrument and the threat of them a form of soft power. Now they’re a bully’s spiked club. Which is the implication of my original comment had you applied some good faith and reading comprehension.

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