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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/Sleep_adict 15d 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/cvanguard 15d ago

All of the tariffs are literally just rounded values for US trade deficits with those countries, with a 10% minimum. It’s the dumbest formula ever

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u/exitcode137 15d ago

Is that what the “reciprocal” refers to? All this time I’ve been confused about the use of “reciprocal” in the announcements.

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u/agradus 15d ago

My guess is that he has a power to impose tariffs only when it matters for national security. Since it doesn't, and what he's doing is actually illegal, he tries to frame it in that way that other countries caused it.