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I saw a post on X which said it was "vibe tariffing" and I think the person was speculating that the tariffs were probably generated using an LLM and saying "ma

by xrd 2y ago

I saw a post on X which said it was "vibe tariffing" and I think the person was speculating that the tariffs were probably generated using an LLM and saying "make me a tariff chart with ALL the countries and each one about 25% but randomize them." That's the only plausible explanation I can see. A human with any brains wouldn't put tariffs on islands only populated by penguins. Doge should look into this inefficiency.

lostlogin 2y ago
But some of those places aren’t even countries. As already stated - weird. It’s almost like it wasn’t well thought out.
- blacklion 2y ago
  > It’s almost like it wasn’t well thought out. Joke of the month.
- 4ggr0 2y ago
  Thankfully this is the only thing which this administration hasn't thought out as well as it should have. Only barely four years left, yaaaay!
matt-p 2y ago
I think it's basically reciprocal adjusted for trade deficit, with a floor of 10%. So obviously you'll end up with 10% on all sorts of places where you actually have a trade surplus and no tarrifs on your goods, or, yes, islands inhabited only by penguins.
blacklion 2y ago
For many countries patter look like ($USA-import - $USA-export)/$USA-import.
jonasced 2y ago
I'm not saying they make sense but according to the US Trade Representative this is the equation used to calculate the tariffs: https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations