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> It should be no surprise to anyone observing trump since he took office that the end goal was always to decouple from China Then why are we also slapping tar
by CharlieDigital 2y ago
> It should be no surprise to anyone observing trump since he took office that the end goal was always to decouple from China
Then why are we also slapping tariffs on Taiwan, Canada, Japan, Mexico, EU, RoW?
- grey-area 2y agoDon’t forget Laos!
- goatlover 2y agoAnd Lesotho, a country Trump had apparently never heard of.
- 9rx 2y agoIf we assume what is said is valid (a huge assumption, I know) and ignore the contradictions: They claim that China is able to pass into the US through Canada, Mexico, etc. and that the tariffs there are to put pressure on those governments to also put the squeeze on China in kind.
- CharlieDigital 2y agoThen why did he just lift them on everyone except China?
- 9rx 2y agoHe said because of the bond market reaction.