@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • 6 days agoTrump announces 50% tariff on Brazil over Bolsonaro trial, 'unfair' tradewww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1221
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minus-squaredefunct_punklinkfedilinkEnglish60•6 days agoDon’t forget that Brazil is one of the few countries that the US has a positive trade imbalance with. The stated goal of the tariffs was always balancing trade, this is explicitly political strong-arming.
minus-squareCethinlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 days agoWell, we need to use tariffs until they sell us more goods! Obviously we’re losing too many goods to them and not bringing enough in!
Don’t forget that Brazil is one of the few countries that the US has a positive trade imbalance with. The stated goal of the tariffs was always balancing trade, this is explicitly political strong-arming.
Well, we need to use tariffs until they sell us more goods! Obviously we’re losing too many goods to them and not bringing enough in!