Alsephina@lemmy.ml to China, 中国@lemmy.mlEnglish · 29 days agoChina's Zero-Tariff policy for developing countries vs US "Reciprocal" Tariffslemmy.mlimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down15
arrow-up178arrow-down1imageChina's Zero-Tariff policy for developing countries vs US "Reciprocal" Tariffslemmy.mlAlsephina@lemmy.ml to China, 中国@lemmy.mlEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareHiddenLayer555@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·29 days agoWait US tarriffed Israel wtf?
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down8·29 days agoBut not Russia. Trump has his priorities.
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down5·29 days agoWhat’s the point of tariffing a country that you’re not trading with because you’ve sanctioned it?
minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·29 days agoThe counter to that argument are places like Syria where there’s a tarrif and sanctions, or again those islands with just penguins that clearly don’t do trade. They simply ran an AI slop algorithm then excluded Russia just because.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·28 days agoWe still trade $3.5 B with Russia. https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-tariffs-russia-ukraine-ceasefire That’s much bigger than many of the countries on the list like Madagascar, Laos, Camaroon, Chad, Jordan, Malawi, Vantua, Brunai, Kazakstan, and more.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·28 days agoNeither Cuba, or the DPRK. Instead, heavy sanctions are already in place.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 days agoWe still do billions in trade with Russia. More than most of the small countries that Trump tariffed.
Wait US tarriffed Israel wtf?
But not Russia. Trump has his priorities.
What’s the point of tariffing a country that you’re not trading with because you’ve sanctioned it?
The counter to that argument are places like Syria where there’s a tarrif and sanctions, or again those islands with just penguins that clearly don’t do trade. They simply ran an AI slop algorithm then excluded Russia just because.
We still trade $3.5 B with Russia. https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-tariffs-russia-ukraine-ceasefire
That’s much bigger than many of the countries on the list like Madagascar, Laos, Camaroon, Chad, Jordan, Malawi, Vantua, Brunai, Kazakstan, and more.
Neither Cuba, or the DPRK. Instead, heavy sanctions are already in place.
We still do billions in trade with Russia. More than most of the small countries that Trump tariffed.
*knows his limits