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> The effective pair wise tariff rate of these countries is still larger than the US and simply brings it more in line. ^ is, er, not true, though. They based
by rsynnott 2y ago
> The effective pair wise tariff rate of these countries is still larger than the US and simply brings it more in line.
^ is, er, not true, though.
They based it on _trade deficits_ (plus some random messing around which resulted in some uninhabited islands with no trade or independent trade policy being assigned a value), not tariffs. Which makes no sense at all.
- dani__german 2y agoit turns out if you leave islands out of your regulatory schemes, they become loopholes later on. See Ireland, the Cayman Islands, etc. etc.