Alsephina@lemmy.ml to China, 中国@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days agoChina's Zero-Tariff policy for developing countries vs US "Reciprocal" Tariffslemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkChina's Zero-Tariff policy for developing countries vs US "Reciprocal" Tariffslemmy.mlAlsephina@lemmy.ml to China, 中国@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareHiddenLayer555@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoWait US tarriffed Israel wtf?
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoBut not Russia. Trump has his priorities.
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoWhat’s the point of tariffing a country that you’re not trading with because you’ve sanctioned it?
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 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-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 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-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoNeither Cuba, or the DPRK. Instead, heavy sanctions are already in place.
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?
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.
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.
*knows his limits
Neither Cuba, or the DPRK. Instead, heavy sanctions are already in place.