Australia Post halts transit shipping to US as 'chaotic' tariff deadline looms

Re:Australia Post halts transit shipping to US as 'chaotic' ... by nailer on Thursday August 21, 2025 @06:43AM (#44971154)

Likewise EU to US import rules were based on a World War II recovery concept. Europe is no longer recovering from World War II so asking them to pay a reciprocal tariff seems entirely reasonable whether you think Trump is a jackass or not.

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Re:Australia Post halts transit shipping to US as 'chaotic' ... by rob74 on Thursday August 21, 2025 @07:06AM (#44971293)

Er, words mean things, you know? If Trump pulls a tariff out of thin air because he doesn't like it that the US has a trade deficit with a certain country (or because he doesn't like that that country is prosecuting one of his allies, as in Brazil's case), that maybe makes the tariff "retaliatory", but not "reciprocal". Last time I checked, the EU wasn't charging a 15% tax on imports from the US, but the US was.

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Re:Australia Post halts transit shipping to US as 'chaotic' ... by nailer on Thursday August 21, 2025 @02:28PM (#44976319)

> > Likewise EU to US import rules were based on a World War II recovery concept.

> Er, words mean things, you know? If Trump pulls a tariff out of thin air because he doesn't like it that the US has a trade deficit with a certain country

Not what I wrote. Words mean things. You don't seem to be good at reading or communicating with people Rob, and you should refrain from doing both in future.

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