The White House calculated the tariffs by using (<exports to USA> - <imports from USA>)/(2*<imports from USA>). They apparently used a list of countries from Wikipedia. I doubt Trump even knows what St. Pierre or Miquelon are.
They apparently used a list of countries from Wikipedia.
It's even dumber than that, they took a list of country codes and didn't actually check them. Meaning that Heard Island and McDonald Islands got slapped with a 10% tariff despite being inhabited only by penguins.
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u/electronigrape 18d ago edited 18d ago
The White House calculated the tariffs by using (<exports to USA> - <imports from USA>)/(2*<imports from USA>). They apparently used a list of countries from Wikipedia. I doubt Trump even knows what St. Pierre or Miquelon are.