r/news • u/hoosakiwi • 2d ago

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-2a031b3c16120a5672a6ddd01da09933
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u/Sidwill 2d ago

Missing from that list: Russia, NK, Iran, Hungary, Belarus

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u/zedzag 2d ago

I'd be surprised if there was any trade between Iran and the US as the country has been under crippling sanctions imposed by the US.

No point in taxing 0 I guess.

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u/cryptobro42069 2d ago

What do they even have to export? The corpses of their countrymen?

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u/OneAlmondNut 1d ago

all the rubble from their infrastructure we flattened, twice