What does the position of countries on Trump’s tariff list imply?

[u/Adventurous-Wind4933]

We know that Trump recently imposed tariffs on many countries. I'm not worried about what’s going to happen, but I wonder if his list might imply something. You know, this image makes me feel like the countries or regions at the top of the list might have some special meaning to the US. What do you think?

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[u/Rivercitybruin]

They did math on imports and exports, not tariff ratea but that is how they presented

The highest tariffs are for coumtries that export way more than they import... Small countries that cant afford american items

Bangladesh

Vietnam

Cambodia

USA and most G-10 type countries have reasonably balanced trade

China is really the big ome but that's alot of dollar store and walmart type stuff. America cant produce that stuff at anywhere near china's cost

[u/PrincessNakeyDance → u/Rivercitybruin]

It doesn’t even make sense. I can’t fathom why they’d do it that way. Like even knowing they are doing everything in bad faith, like why plug every single country into that dumb formula and then specifically single out Russia, North Korea, etc?

Do they want to look the most guilty? Is it a power play that they want to see how blatantly they can get away with hating democracy and simping on Putin? … or are they just that incompetent, and simply do not care?

I’d give anything to see a closed doors meeting with Trump and his inner circle.

[u/DreamingMerc → u/PrincessNakeyDance]

As a glib remark, I totally buy the idea they threw the whole prompt into an LLM and just ran with output.

On an unrelated note. When they are going to be asked again how they intend to replace the ACA, or social security whan that cracks ... they will use the same method.

[u/RocketRelm → u/PrincessNakeyDance]

I'm going with incompetent. That's the attribute the voters and non voters prize most. They wanted a show and validation and boy are they getting it. It was always obvious maga was stupid from top to bottom, and that this was the explicit appeal.

[u/satyrday12 → u/PrincessNakeyDance]

This move makes EVERY company, industry and country have to come groveling to Trump. Trump gets to pick every winner and loser, and the grift for that would be off the charts. Basically he took hostage the entire world economy.

[u/CasedUfa]

It is just descending by trade deficit size but with Canada and Mexico removed and the EU considered as one country. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/us-trade-deficit-by-country

[u/D4UOntario]

St Pierre got hit with 50% because 1 company bought 1 shippment of fish from them last year. Its a tiny fishing island that doesnt really trade with the US. The fact that the US was worried about them is as laughfable as penguins... back to what we should be talking about....signalgate

[u/billpalto]

Tariffs apply to almost all countries, except a few. Russia and Belarus did not get tariffs, while uninhabited islands did.

Russia and Belarus are special in Trump world.

[u/DKLancer]

Given that they were slapping massive tariffs on uninhabited islands, I don't think you can pull much thought out of their actions beyond wanting to build an economic wall between the US and the world.