Trump Presidency Round 2

[ab2cmiller]

 

[Sea Turtle]

Toronto, thoughts on Moosehead?

 

[ab2cmiller]

 

[ab2cmiller]

 

[Sea Turtle]

Yay!

 

[TorontoGold]

Toronto, thoughts on Moosehead?

Meh it's ok? Steam Whistle is better if we're talking big Canadian brands.

 

[BuaConstrictor]

 

[BuaConstrictor]

 

[BuaConstrictor]

 

[calvegas04]

Odd, why could this be?

 

[ab2cmiller]

This tweet which is basically pointing out the faulty logic behind the "Tariffs Charged to the US" column also (probably) explains the reason why Russia isn't on the list. It seems like it's simply a list of countries that we have a trade deficit with.

The methodology for the first column isn't even representative of the tariff rates for some of these countries. It most likely overstates the tariff percentage so that we can take that number and divide it by 2 and now our reciprocal tariff suddenly seems reasonable. So this seems more about eliminating trade deficits as opposed to matching tariff rates.

I'm assuming we don't have a trade deficit with Russia and thus they aren't on the list.

 

[ab2cmiller]

 

[BuaConstrictor]

 

[calvegas04]

I saw that, would still need to pass in the house and then orange man sign it?

 

[ab2cmiller]

 

[calvegas04]

 

[ab2cmiller]

I've watched Madagascar, those Penguins are the ones running the show.

 

[BuaConstrictor]

I saw that, would still need to pass in the house and then orange man sign it?

It's already blocked in The House.

 

[GATTACA!]

This tweet which is basically pointing out the faulty logic behind the "Tariffs Charged to the US" column also (probably) explains the reason why Russia isn't on the list. It seems like it's simply a list of countries that we have a trade deficit with.

The methodology for the first column isn't even representative of the tariff rates for some of these countries. It most likely overstates the tariff percentage so that we can take that number and divide it by 2 and now our reciprocal tariff suddenly seems reasonable. So this seems more about eliminating trade deficits as opposed to matching tariff rates.

I'm assuming we don't have a trade deficit with Russia and thus they aren't on the list.

We don't have a deficit with Australia and they're on the list, so I don't think so.

 

[BuaConstrictor]

We don't have a deficit with Australia and they're on the list, so I don't think so.

It's got to be a REALLY good sign that literally nobody can make heads nor tails of these tariffs....................

 

[GATTACA!]

It's got to be a REALLY good sign that literally nobody can make heads nor tails of these tariffs....................

Wonder if that's why they don't appear to have sorted the list in any way lol. Max confusion.

 

[ab2cmiller]

We don't have a deficit with Australia and they're on the list, so I don't think so.

Trade deficit determines the calculation. Minimum is 10% for every country.

Which brings us back to Russia. It would seem that they should be getting the 10%. The only logical explanation is that they were kept off the list right now because of sanctions. We're not supposed to be buying anything anyhow.

The other option is the Trump is Putin's puppet.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Wonder if that's why they don't appear to have sorted the list in any way lol. Max confusion.

I think the list is sorted by dollar amount of imports from each country. Most to least.

 

[GATTACA!]

Trade deficit determines the calculation. Minimum is 10% for every country.

Which brings us back to Russia. It would seem that they should be getting the 10%. The only logical explanation is that they were kept off the list right now because of sanctions. We're not supposed to be buying anything anyhow.

The other option is the Trump is Putin's puppet.

We have sanctions against Iran and they're on the list.

Guess option B is the only choice.

 

[calvegas04]

Trade deficit determines the calculation. Minimum is 10% for every country.

Which brings us back to Russia. It would seem that they should be getting the 10%. The only logical explanation is that they were kept off the list right now because of sanctions. We're not supposed to be buying anything anyhow.

The other option is the Trump is Putin's puppet.

Trump is a puppet is clear for a while now

 

[ab2cmiller]

 

[GATTACA!]

"Japan, South Korea and China don't want us to sell our rice there"

~ The President of the United States

 

[Irish#1]

Everyone’s favorite governor is requiring employees to come back into the office for part of work week. Lol

 

[calvegas04]

Everyone’s favorite governor is requiring employees to come back into the office for part of work week. Lol

Dumb move, let them work from home. At least it isn't full time.

 

[ab2cmiller]

I can understand a reasonable argument that we should make sure that the tariffs that other countries charge us should be similar to what we charge them.

I can understand raising tariffs on certain industries in which you want to protect within your own country whether it be for national security or some other reason. Making sure we have a robust manufacturing sector (especially in areas that are crucial in war times) is important.

What makes ZERO sense is coming up with this insane reciprocal tariff rates that don't even have any correlation to tariff rates that other countries are charging us. Charging Israel a tariff because we have a trade deficit, even though they've dropped all tariffs against us, is stupid as shit.

One thing is painfully clear, the new tariffs have NOTHING to do with fairness of the tariff fee structures. It is 100% about lowering the trade deficit. I'm all for lowering the trade deficit, but this is literally insane.