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, while Ukraine gets 10%. The Orange Emperor has a huge hard on to make Ukraine suffer ever since it led to his first impeachment. Zelenski didn't kiss the rin

, while Ukraine gets 10%. The Orange Emperor has a huge hard on to make Ukraine suffer ever since it led to his first impeachment. Zelenski didn't kiss the ring so down they go.

matt-p 2y ago
10% is the hard minimum, nobody has less than 10%, so ergo 10% is actually the most favourable rate. Even the UK gets 10% which is truly mad given we have balanced trade and tarrifs (if anything the US tariffed the UK more than they did them). ^So essentially MAX(10%,(imports-exports)/imports)
- rob74 2y ago
  If you look at the full list (available e.g. here https://www.newsweek.com/trump-reciprocal-tariff-chart-2054514 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-reciprocal-tariff-chart-20545...), some countries (most prominently Russia) are not on it. Whether that means anything is debatable, but Mexico and Canada, who were explicitly "spared" from these tariffs (but have other tariffs "tailor-made" especially for them), are also not on the list.
  - matt-p 2y ago
    Russia is a interesting catch, but you can easily imagine why now is an inoptune time to piss them off. The others make sense since they have worse tarrifs (though different, yes)
  - graemep 2y ago
    Russia is already subject to sanctions and high tariffs. What is the balance of trade like? Also imposing high tariffs now would reduce the power of the threat to raise tarrifs: https://www.ft.com/content/ec99b3c2-9f4d-4f34-9a01-f97d981313bf https://www.ft.com/content/ec99b3c2-9f4d-4f34-9a01-f97d98131...
    - _t9ow 2y ago
      > Russia is already subject to sanctions So is Iran, and yet Iran is still on the list.
  - Brybry 2y ago
    Is it possible the Newsweek list is wrong? The EO and Annexes are not on the Federal Register website yet but on the Whitehouse website it has EO[1] and Annex I[2] and Annex II[3]. I do not see Russia or Ukraine mentioned in any of those so I would assume both get the base "10 percent" under section 2/3. [1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/regulating-imports-with-a-reciprocal-tariff-to-rectify-trade-practices-that-contribute-to-large-and-persistent-annual-united-states-goods-trade-deficits/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/regu... [2] https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Annex-I.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Annex-... [3] https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Annex-II.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Annex-...
  - marcosdumay 2y ago
    Well, the reasonable explanation would be that Russia is sanctioned and thus already has an infinity effective tariff. But then, I have no idea if the reasonable explanation applies. Are the other countries not in the list Iran and Cuba?

, while Ukraine gets 10%. The Orange Emperor has a huge hard on to make Ukraine suffer ever since it led to his first impeachment. Zelenski didn't kiss the ring so down they go.

matt-p 2y ago

10% is the hard minimum, nobody has less than 10%, so ergo 10% is actually the most favourable rate. Even the UK gets 10% which is truly mad given we have balanced trade and tarrifs (if anything the US tariffed the UK more than they did them). ^So essentially MAX(10%,(imports-exports)/imports)

rob74 2y ago
If you look at the full list (available e.g. here https://www.newsweek.com/trump-reciprocal-tariff-chart-2054514 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-reciprocal-tariff-chart-20545...), some countries (most prominently Russia) are not on it. Whether that means anything is debatable, but Mexico and Canada, who were explicitly "spared" from these tariffs (but have other tariffs "tailor-made" especially for them), are also not on the list.
- matt-p 2y ago
  Russia is a interesting catch, but you can easily imagine why now is an inoptune time to piss them off. The others make sense since they have worse tarrifs (though different, yes)
- graemep 2y ago
  Russia is already subject to sanctions and high tariffs. What is the balance of trade like? Also imposing high tariffs now would reduce the power of the threat to raise tarrifs: https://www.ft.com/content/ec99b3c2-9f4d-4f34-9a01-f97d981313bf https://www.ft.com/content/ec99b3c2-9f4d-4f34-9a01-f97d98131...
  - _t9ow 2y ago
    > Russia is already subject to sanctions So is Iran, and yet Iran is still on the list.
- Brybry 2y ago
  Is it possible the Newsweek list is wrong? The EO and Annexes are not on the Federal Register website yet but on the Whitehouse website it has EO[1] and Annex I[2] and Annex II[3]. I do not see Russia or Ukraine mentioned in any of those so I would assume both get the base "10 percent" under section 2/3. [1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/regulating-imports-with-a-reciprocal-tariff-to-rectify-trade-practices-that-contribute-to-large-and-persistent-annual-united-states-goods-trade-deficits/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/regu... [2] https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Annex-I.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Annex-... [3] https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Annex-II.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Annex-...
- marcosdumay 2y ago
  Well, the reasonable explanation would be that Russia is sanctioned and thus already has an infinity effective tariff. But then, I have no idea if the reasonable explanation applies. Are the other countries not in the list Iran and Cuba?