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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by matt-p on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:05AM (#43567854)
Ok and who will administer the basket? I'm not saying it's impossible just a bit impractical perhaps.
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by rongrobert on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:50AM (#43568272)
It is just economically clueless people talking nonsense.

Whatever basket we come up with has all the same properties that cause the Euro to not displace USD but worse. Much worse.

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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by matt-p on Thursday April 03, 2025 @08:28AM (#43568651)
Indeed.
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