So according to how the formula works.. If a targeted country.. moves to increase US exports.. that “could” help their “scoring”.. so will we see some appeasement attempts during this period of “negotiation.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93gq72n7y1o
the actual exercise boiled down to simple maths: take the trade deficit for the US in goods with a particular country, divide that by the total goods imports from that country and then divide that number by two. A trade deficit occurs when a country buys (imports) more physical products from other countries than it sells (exports) to them. For example, the US buys more goods from China than it sells to them - there is a goods deficit of $295bn. The total amount of goods it buys from China is $440bn. Dividing 295 by 440 gets you to 67% and you divide that by two and round up. Therefore the tariff imposed on China is 34%.
.. So buy more US stuff.
Edited by JonSCKs 4/3/2025 09:07
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According to the tariff formula.. Countries could help themselves by buying US goods.
