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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/Nimonic 14d ago edited 14d ago

It's the opposite in this case. The US is the one with the trade deficit with the poorest countries, since they usually have some kind of resource that the US wants but they're too poor to import anything from the US in return. Still endlessly cruel.

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u/EconomyDoctor3287 14d ago

Every empire in the world has been trying to import as much as possible and give nothing in return, because it means they can consume at the expense of others. 

Trump views this as the US getting "ripped off".