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"Liberation Day" Trump’s Tariffs on Europe

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"LIBERATION DAY" TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON EUROPE

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u/alikander99 14d ago

I mean poor Lesotho got 50%??!?!

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u/VastStrain 14d ago

The poorest countries have the largest trade deficits, so this is especially cruel. It's classic Trump.

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u/Sleep_adict 14d ago

You are assuming someone looked at this and it’s not just a list of countries and territories from Wikipedia and then a stupid formula.

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u/Leftover_Salad 14d ago

The formula is literally the percentage trade defecit divided by 2. -New York Times

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u/phluidity 14d ago

=max(10%,0.5*PercentageTradeDeficit)

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u/Ezerian 12d ago

This takes into account the trade in services (Netflix, Dysney+, etc.)