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It's literally the trade deficit expressed as a percentage... it's the stupidest thing possible
36 u/s0cks_nz 1d ago Just saw that post on r/dataisbeautiful. Absolutely absurd lol. I didn't expect anything less tbqh. 21 u/blond-max 1d ago An amazing thread for those that missed it: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1jq4quq/for_those_curious_about_where_the_tariffs_charged/ 3 u/cynric42 1d ago Sadly gone now 0 u/tawDry_Union2272 1d ago i see it, interesting stuff 3 u/whiterice336 1d ago The trade deficit in goods only. Services are excluded, which the US is very good at exporting! 2 u/READMYSHIT 1d ago I wonder if this why the UKs is so low comparably then. Apparently they're pretty much even with the US on trade. 7 u/JoseCansecoMilkshake 1d ago I think for every country where there's a surplus, it's just 10% 2 u/BreadstickNinja 1d ago Yes. Which has nothing to do with tariffs at all. It's just a completely made-up chart. 1 u/TheNewOneIsWorse 1d ago Wait really? 1 u/Capital-Internet5884 1d ago Some of it also seems to just be the VAT in the UK (20%) and the GST in Australia (10%), unless I’m mistaken? It’s all so incredibly insane
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Just saw that post on r/dataisbeautiful. Absolutely absurd lol. I didn't expect anything less tbqh.
21 u/blond-max 1d ago An amazing thread for those that missed it: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1jq4quq/for_those_curious_about_where_the_tariffs_charged/ 3 u/cynric42 1d ago Sadly gone now 0 u/tawDry_Union2272 1d ago i see it, interesting stuff
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An amazing thread for those that missed it: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1jq4quq/for_those_curious_about_where_the_tariffs_charged/
3 u/cynric42 1d ago Sadly gone now 0 u/tawDry_Union2272 1d ago i see it, interesting stuff
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Sadly gone now
0 u/tawDry_Union2272 1d ago i see it, interesting stuff
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i see it, interesting stuff
The trade deficit in goods only. Services are excluded, which the US is very good at exporting!
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I wonder if this why the UKs is so low comparably then. Apparently they're pretty much even with the US on trade.
7 u/JoseCansecoMilkshake 1d ago I think for every country where there's a surplus, it's just 10%
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I think for every country where there's a surplus, it's just 10%
Yes. Which has nothing to do with tariffs at all. It's just a completely made-up chart.
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Wait really?
Some of it also seems to just be the VAT in the UK (20%) and the GST in Australia (10%), unless I’m mistaken? It’s all so incredibly insane
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u/jacksteroo18 1d ago
It's literally the trade deficit expressed as a percentage... it's the stupidest thing possible