Russia exports next to nothing to the US, but it does import things like electronics for obvious reasons.
Tarrifs on Russia will be pointless, really. Russia has been trading with Europe for the most part for obvious reasons until it fell out of favour. So this seems like manufactured outrage.
Trump followed a consistent, rigid math: Whatever the trade deficit, then that’s the tariff applied… except for Russia. Russia is #23 on our list of trade partners. Following the math they should have a hefty tariff applied, but they don’t. It’s the only exception.
Russia exports next to nothing to the US, but it does import things like electronics for obvious reasons.
Tarrifs on Russia will be pointless, really. Russia has been trading with Europe for the most part for obvious reasons until it fell out of favour. So this seems like manufactured outrage.
Trump followed a consistent, rigid math: Whatever the trade deficit, then that’s the tariff applied… except for Russia. Russia is #23 on our list of trade partners. Following the math they should have a hefty tariff applied, but they don’t. It’s the only exception.
Nope!
Your great argument has changed my mind. I now see that I was wrong. Thank you.
That’s what I was thinking. Plenty of reason for outrage. This will just be a distraction.