What’s the point of tariffing a country that you’re not trading with because you’ve sanctioned it?
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taiyang @lemmy.world - 8mon
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.
That's much bigger than many of the countries on the list like Madagascar, Laos, Camaroon, Chad, Jordan, Malawi, Vantua, Brunai, Kazakstan, and more.
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Cowbee [he/they] - 8mon
Neither Cuba, or the DPRK. Instead, heavy sanctions are already in place.
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Blue_Morpho @lemmy.world - 8mon
We still do billions in trade with Russia. More than most of the small countries that Trump tariffed.
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P00ptart @lemmy.world - 8mon
*knows his limits
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taiyang @lemmy.world - 8mon
Just to remind people, most sane countries do this for soft power. You want influence and dependency on your markets, it's way way better than whatever short term gain you get from taxing you own people for imports.
Same for USAID, it's in all competing countries to fill that void and gain that goodwill since it also makes you safer and less prone to terrorism or influx of migrants at your doorstep.
Edit, I should add China is one of the more aggressive tarrif countries on developed countries, but even that's stuff like 6%, not fucking 30%+, plus they have more strategic reason to do so.
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geneva_convenience - 8mon
USAID was a tool to destabilize opposition not stabilize it. It is one of the primary causes of migrants.
Alsephina in china
China's Zero-Tariff policy for developing countries vs US "Reciprocal" Tariffs
https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiili.io%2F3cwSlKN.jpgFrom December of last year, China eliminated its tariffs on 43 countries listed as least developed by the UN
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?
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.
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.
Neither Cuba, or the DPRK. Instead, heavy sanctions are already in place.
We still do billions in trade with Russia. More than most of the small countries that Trump tariffed.
*knows his limits
Just to remind people, most sane countries do this for soft power. You want influence and dependency on your markets, it's way way better than whatever short term gain you get from taxing you own people for imports.
Same for USAID, it's in all competing countries to fill that void and gain that goodwill since it also makes you safer and less prone to terrorism or influx of migrants at your doorstep.
Edit, I should add China is one of the more aggressive tarrif countries on developed countries, but even that's stuff like 6%, not fucking 30%+, plus they have more strategic reason to do so.
USAID was a tool to destabilize opposition not stabilize it. It is one of the primary causes of migrants.