It’s the trade deficit masquerading as a tarrif - Moldova sells more than it buys from America because American stuff is expensive and Moldova can’t afford to buy American goods so it gets hit with “reciprocal” tariffs on it’s exports.
I read somewhere that the theory is countries that don’t purchase ad much from the us as the us buys from said country got more tarrifs because in trumps mind they’re losing money.
Why such high tariffs on Moldova? They’re a poor nation.
It’s the trade deficit masquerading as a tarrif - Moldova sells more than it buys from America because American stuff is expensive and Moldova can’t afford to buy American goods so it gets hit with “reciprocal” tariffs on it’s exports.
I read somewhere that the theory is countries that don’t purchase ad much from the us as the us buys from said country got more tarrifs because in trumps mind they’re losing money.
I have updated the post with a link to full list. Vietnam got 46% lmao.
for (c in countries) { c.tariffs = Math.random(); }Sadly there are many reports, that it’s just
for (c in countries) { c.tariffs = math.max(10, (c.exportsTo(us) - c.importFrom(us)) / (c.exportsTo(us)*2)) }when will the snarky code comments start using functional programming
Something like
tariff export import = max(10, (100 * (1 - import/export)) map countries tariff?