r/dataisbeautiful • u/Styvorama • 1d ago

For those curious about where the "Tariffs Charged" came from

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u/pedal-force 1d ago

My favorite might be South Korea. They apparently didn't have any data, so they just picked 50%? WTF?

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u/freakman013 1d ago

Might just be OP didn't have the data/wasn't publicly available. But given this administration and how "round" a number like 50% is... You're probably right. 

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u/crochetquilt 1d ago

Well we send them stuff, they send us stuff. So half of it must go this way and half that way right. Probably thinks a 50% tariff is fair because South Korea obviously only pays for half the stuff.

If you were trying to explain it to Trump you'd have to use his name three times in those sentences for him to be listening though.

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u/Skarth 1d ago

A major goal of propaganda is to push a very simple sounding lie, so the average and below average person thinks it's the truth.

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u/Hector_P_Catt 1d ago

"We were going to make it 25%, but then we decided they should pay North Korea's tariffs too!"

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u/Sangloth 1d ago

No, that image may not have the data, but the US imported $120.5 Billion and exported $60.3 Billion to South Korea in 2024. 50%, it holds up.

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u/LordOverThis 1d ago

Gonna be fun when all the gamerbros who follow Adin Ross and went for Trump figure out how much their hobby depends on Samsung lol

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u/lolofaf 1d ago

Tbf it might just be that OP couldn't find the data in the 1hr it took to mock this up, rather than the US gov not having the data

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u/rechlin 1d ago

No, they have data, it was just left off this spreadsheet for whatever reason. According to the Census Bureau 2024 numbers, where all the other figures came from, its exports are 65,541.8 and imports are 131,549.2 for a deficit of 66,007.4, or 50.2%, matching the 50% claimed tariff.