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Trade in War

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94 points LorenDB | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 14:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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MangoToupe ◴[01 Sep 25 08:07 UTC] No.45090620[source]▶
Meanwhile others sanction (or tariff) countries they're at peace with for no discernible benefit to anyone.
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victorbjorklund ◴[01 Sep 25 08:22 UTC] No.45090698[source]▶
Tariffs are a tax on your own population (no matter what Trump says). Which countries sanction friendly ally nations?
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XorNot ◴[01 Sep 25 08:26 UTC] No.45090726[source]▶
I mean friendly nations can coexist with tarriffs structures perfectly amicably.

What's not normal is trying to use tarrifs the way the US is, and the frequency of their adjustment, as well as stated motivation (punitive rather then achieving any sort of strategic goal).

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1. victorbjorklund ◴[01 Sep 25 08:37 UTC] No.45090776[source]▶
Yea sure? Of course. If US wanna tax their own population for imports it's fine (just like most countries have import taxes aka tariffs). But my question was about sanctions.