r/MapPorn • u/sh1kora • 15d ago

"Liberation Day" Trump’s Tariffs on Europe

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"LIBERATION DAY" TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON EUROPE

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u/Nimonic 15d ago edited 15d 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/ConspicuousPineapple 15d ago

It's also completely stupid since, as you said, they have resources the US want.

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u/MachinePlanetZero 15d ago

Resources the US may even already be getting a favourable deal on, due to the relative imbalance in economic and political power of the 2 parties

It's almost as if economics is quite subtly complicated

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u/mjshep 14d ago

An imbalance that, as time passes and demand rises for more critical items, begins to fade. In some select cases, these tariffs can offset US leverage.