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2025-04-03 20:30:28 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F84DB7FD1DAFE06F9A8F4018787D25D1258BA5F29241470CC1A82687A4535369
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The Trump admin presents "Tariffs Charged to the USA" as foreign tariff rates, but they are not. They are calculated by taking the US trade deficit with a country, dividing by their exports to the US, then usually halving the result—or just using a base rate of 10%. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/how-did-the-us-arrive-at-its-tariff-figures-.html https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-tariffs-news-04-03-25/index.html https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-us-trade-tariff-math-is-crazy-wisdom-of-crowds-author/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-calculated-tariffs-ridiculous-141057586.html
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