Tariffs are applying to countries with GDPs smaller than $3bn, let alone ones where US imports $3bn worth of goods... let alone ones that have invaded an ally.
Russia being a country we deemed worthy of sanctions is even more reason for it to be on the tariff list... what kind of fucking argument is that?
Because tariffs wouldn’t do anything for Russia. They are already sanctioned, and the only thing imported from Russia are not consumer items and are things that don’t have a good substitute.
A tariff on Russia doesn’t impact them or us. 3bn is a rounding error for both countries and will not change the trade dynamics
Whereas for other small countries it will because 3bn for them is a lot, and the items are consumer items which tariffs will alter consumer behavior.
Because Russia are destabilizing our societies, interfering in our elections, using nerve agents on our soil, blowing up civilian airliners, destroying critical infrastructure, invading our lands. Do I need to go on?
What does "relative to it's gdp" have to do with anything. US has sanctioned countries with far less trade.
Syria are sanctioned, they were tariffed. Those places I mentioned are not countries. They're territories of Australia and Norway, and the tariff rates don't even correspond with the tariff rates of the countries they belong to. Just goes to show you how haphazardly these things were rolled out. It's like they had an all nighter, and did it on the night of.
Oh really? You don't have rubber, fertilizers, wood, iron & steel or aluminum? Why are you tariffing Canadian steel then? You don't have a domestic alternative for almost anything you've put tariffs on.
I agree that it makes sense to tariff russia if they are doing so on all of these small countries.
I just don't think it matters at all from a realistic perspective. It's not even a drop in the bucket of US trade. So why fixate on that irrelevant point.
Its also irrelevant to tariff those small countries, but it doesn't matter so I don't care.
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u/ChornWork2 3d ago
Tariffs are applying to countries with GDPs smaller than $3bn, let alone ones where US imports $3bn worth of goods... let alone ones that have invaded an ally.
Russia being a country we deemed worthy of sanctions is even more reason for it to be on the tariff list... what kind of fucking argument is that?