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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by vidarh on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:46AM (#43568231)
"A lot" is rather relative here given the total population is around 2.5k people.
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by magicalhippo on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:53AM (#43568306)
True but I think relative numbers are relevant in this context.
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by vidarh on Friday April 04, 2025 @06:20AM (#43580264)
The relative numbers says nothing about the impact on US trade.
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by magicalhippo on Friday April 04, 2025 @10:07PM (#43589909)
True, I was thinking more about how silly the tariff rates are given the relative trade imbalance.
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