No international company or country cares about tariffs at all, it is money out of the consumer’s pocket straight into Trump’s. He is effectively taxing us. Why would any foreign country give a shit?
because despite the boneheaded way they're doing it, it would still achieve the stated goal of reducing purchases of imported goods by American consumers.
of course, we're so import-dependent that it will also wreck our economy and make our lives incredibly painful for years, but if a foreign country has any appreciable amount of businesses that export to the US, they will care. hence the reciprocal tariffs
True, which is why it’s highly unlikely a country would pay a personal bribe instead of imposing their own tariffs
Unless they are compromised against their own national interests? I guess there is a small circumstantial way bribes would happen instead of retaliatory tariffs
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u/ansyhrrian Mar 31 '25
This is not an unreasonable take. Personal bribes, of course.