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[–] SteveCC@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

"...The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released its methodology and cited an academic paper produced by four economists, including me, seemingly in support of their numbers. But they got it wrong. Very wrong. I disagree fundamentally with the government’s trade policy and approach. But even taking it at face value, our findings suggest the calculated tariffs should be dramatically smaller — perhaps one-fourth as large..."

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

what are these? Tariffs for ants?

[–] ghost9@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

They already tariffed penguins. Ants are next.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"If 1/4 tariff is good, 4x as much tariff must be 4x as good!"