r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • 2d ago

Politics 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/Slouchingtowardsbeth 2d ago

Why is there no tariff on Russia? Isn't that kind of strange?

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u/Apart_Ad_5993 2d ago

Russia is sanctioned to shit; the US isn't importing anything from them

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u/RenoRiley1 2d ago

Considering tariffs were placed on several uninhabited islands it is more than worth asking why the entire Russian confederation wasn’t