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"A Rather Simplistic Approach": How The Trump Admin Calculated What Reciprocal Tariffs It Would Unleash

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by Tyler Durden
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Shortly after 4pm, when Trump unveiled the "much worse than expected" reciprocal tariffs, there was widespread confusion initially how exactly the Trump admin calculated the "Tariffs charged to the USA" number (shown below), which carried the odd subheader "Currency Manipulation and Trade Barriers."