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muriel_volestrangler

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7. I've found the one country on which Trump has applied lower tariffs: Afghanistan

Reply to GoodRaisin (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 03:50 AM

Apr 3

Hidden in the list, Afghanistan is listed as 49% "tariffs, trade barriers etc." (ie deficit / imports), but rather than 24 or 25% "reciprocal tariffs", it's only 10%.

https://www.investopedia.com/how-much-reciprocal-tariff-will-be-for-each-country-trump-trade-11708072

Even a country that Trump claims to adore, Israel, has 33% "trade barriers etc.", and the consequent 17% "reciprocal tariffs". Trump is doing the Taliban a special deal.

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Trump's "trade barriers" figures are actually the proportion of trade deficit to imports into the USA [View all] muriel_volestrangler Apr 2 OP

Most average Americans wouldn't catch it, or know how to calculate it. ms liberty Apr 2 #1

Alternative math? nature-lover Apr 2 #2

K&R! I was about to post this. Ron Filipkowski posted on Bluesky about that James Surowiecki highplainsdem Apr 2 #3

Though it's not just "suicide", it's mass murder, followed by the perpetrator killing himself muriel_volestrangler Apr 3 #4

They've now admitted this, saying "math is hard!!!" and they couldn't work out real figures muriel_volestrangler Apr 3 #5

Between this and DOGE the incompetence is just overwhelming. GoodRaisin Apr 3 #6

I've found the one country on which Trump has applied lower tariffs: Afghanistan muriel_volestrangler Apr 3 #7

What does Afghanistan export? underpants Apr 3 #11

Deutsche Bank: "raises serious concerns about policy credibility" - you don't say???? muriel_volestrangler Apr 3 #8

Who will scream this from the mountain tops? superpatriotman Apr 3 #9

Math underpants Apr 3 #10