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Trump is furious that his tariffs are doing exactly what economists said they'd do (www.motherjones.com)

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[–] fake_meows@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

GDP, the D means Domestic. Imports are not counted and any stuff you're importing that becomes a component of some domestic product is eventually backed out in the accounting.

So no, pumping imports shouldn't increase GDP one iota. Imports count AGAINST the GDP.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

You're oversimplifying things.