The tariff "reversal" taught me that public opinion is easy to manipulate. Tariffs are not and were never reversed, this is extremely easy to verify, and yet I routinely encounter people who are certain that they got reversed.

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nextworddev 12 hours ago | parent [-]

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SpicyLemonZest 10 hours ago | parent [-]

No, they weren't! Imports from the vast majority of countries are currently subject to blanket tariffs within 5 percentage points of the April 2 proposal; some (Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, etc.) have significantly less while others (China, India, Brazil, Switzerland, etc.) have significantly more. Again, no shame for being misled, but it's been wild to see how many people are so extremely confident that this didn't happen.

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nextworddev 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Look at the original proposed tariffs vs now.

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defrost 9 hours ago | parent [-]

A better comment would have less snark and bring receipts ( links to reputable before and after data )

See: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

EDIT: Thank-you for for removing the uncalled for preamble, I look forward to seeing you make your case.

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