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> This is the 11th time that tariffs have happened, and it just isn’t surprising anymore. There are tariffs everywhere, all the time. Canada just dramatically
by philipallstar 9mo ago
> This is the 11th time that tariffs have happened, and it just isn’t surprising anymore.
There are tariffs everywhere, all the time. Canada just dramatically cut its 90% (or something) tariff on Chinese cars. Tariffs haven't just started happening because someone you don't like did them.
- wolvoleo 9mo agoYes but tariffs were a long-term strategic tool. Not a bullying tactic for someone who woke up the wrong way.
- devnonymous 9mo agoOtoh, tarrifs as a foreign policy / coercion method disconnected from trade and local economy impacts definitely is a new thing. Sure, it might have been used as a delicate lever previously but in its current brazen form is just bad diplomacy.
- bilekas 9mo agoThis is incredibly disingenuous. > Tariffs haven't just started happening because someone you don't like did them Nobody said they have, throwing ridiculously high ones with your allies and trading partners is new though.
- e2le 9mo ago> There are tariffs everywhere, all the time. This neglects the scale, cost, and unpredictability. His tariffs are far from being the usual seen elsewhere. Of course, you should already understand this.
- tock 9mo agoBlanket tariffs used as blackmail is obviously different.
- Nevermark 9mo agoKnife: Surgeon. Slasher. Results are not the same.
- jacquesm 9mo agoNominated for the most powerful two line comment of the month.