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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why such high tariffs on Moldova? They’re a poor nation.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 20 hours ago

It's the trade deficit masquerading as a tarrif - Moldova sells more than it buys from America because American stuff is expensive and Moldova can't afford to buy American goods so it gets hit with "reciprocal" tariffs on it's exports.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have updated the post with a link to full list. Vietnam got 46% lmao.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

for (c in countries) {
  c.tariffs = Math.random();
}

[–] [email protected] 20 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Sadly there are many reports, that it's just


for (c in countries) { 
    c.tariffs = math.max(10,
        (c.exportsTo(us) - c.importFrom(us)) /
        (c.exportsTo(us)*2))
}

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

That might be the chatGPT answer to Trump asking how tariffs can make America great again lmao

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

when will the snarky code comments start using functional programming

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Something like

tariff export import  = max(10, (100 * (1 - import/export))
map countries tariff

?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

But all the C-style addicts would suffer from brace withdrawal!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

50% for a small nation surrounded by South Africa and for a small bit of France off the coast of newfoundland

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I read somewhere that the theory is countries that don't purchase ad much from the us as the us buys from said country got more tarrifs because in trumps mind they're losing money.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 18 hours ago

It's not a theory, they published the formula, that's just straight up what it is.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Reporters could recreate the entire list exactly by asking ChatGPT/Grok/Claude/Gemini what would be an easy way to tariff other nations.
The tariff % is simply the US trade deficit with that country divided by imports from it.

https://www.theverge.com/news/642620/trump-tariffs-formula-ai-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok