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That’s why I told y’all to not freak out… did the tariff reversal not reach us anything

• SpicyLemonZest 1y ago
  The tariff "reversal" taught me that public opinion is easy to manipulate. Tariffs are not and were never reversed, this is extremely easy to verify, and yet I routinely encounter people who are certain that they got reversed.
  • nextworddev 1y ago
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    • SpicyLemonZest 1y ago
      No, they weren't! Imports from the vast majority of countries are currently subject to blanket tariffs within 5 percentage points of the April 2 proposal; some (Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, etc.) have significantly less while others (China, India, Brazil, Switzerland, etc.) have significantly more. Again, no shame for being misled, but it's been wild to see how many people are so extremely confident that this didn't happen.
      • nextworddev 1y ago
        Look at the original proposed tariffs vs now.
        • defrost 1y ago
          A better comment would have less snark and bring receipts ( links to reputable before and after data ) See: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html EDIT: Thank-you for for removing the uncalled for preamble, I look forward to seeing you make your case.
          • nextworddev 1y ago
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