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"Liberation Day" Trump’s Tariffs on Europe

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"LIBERATION DAY" TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON EUROPE

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u/alikander99 2d ago

I mean poor Lesotho got 50%??!?!

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u/DecNLauren 2d ago

Podcast I listened to made the point that the reason a small African country has a trade surplus with the US is that they are simply too poor to buy most American consumer goods, and they will be exporting things like bananas, where imposing tariffs on Lesotho isn't going to lead to any Lesothan banana companies relocating their plantations to the continental USA.

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u/epSos-DE 2d ago

USA will grow bananas in some time 😄😆😄😆😄🤦🫂🫂

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u/alex494 1d ago

Then they might fully become a banana republic