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They aren’t the tariffs other countries are imposing, they are basically the trade deficit ratio instead. A country could have a 0% tariff on American goods but if Americans had a trade deficit with that country they would have been slapped with a tariff.


Ah thanks for the explanation. Definitely a ridiculous metric to go off of to determine tariffs.




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