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    [OC] This is the problem while imposing tariffs

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    2. simeongr on

      Maybe Trump didn’t read it right and still thought he was red, like in the USA elections.

    3. halo_ninja on

      Yup. This would have been much more effective in the early 2000s but our politicians have always sucked

    5. LoundnessWar on

      Actually, this is likely the reason for the tariff on China. The goal is to turn back the clock on Chinese economic predation

    7. Blendbeast15 on

      I mean. The US from 2000-2024 had the freest trade anywhere in the world and this still happened, so this is almost a pro-tariff point. That’s what happens when China continues doing their currency manipulation and no labor laws.

    8. FrostyBook on

      the import / export ratio hasn’t changed though. so I don’t quite get what I’m supposed to learn here

    10. 3e486050b7c75b0a2275 on

      China should be blue in the 2024 pic because the US is the largest trading partner of China.

    11. Funny_Winner2960 on

      Jordan trades more with the USA? we need to fix this issue.

      I hope the boycotts here are helping.

    16. WyoGuy2 on

      This is evidence more tariffs on China should have been imposed before things got out of hand. This is what happens when you trade freely with a dictator who isn’t afraid to exploit his people.

      If the west had teamed up and put significant tariffs on China in 2000 the second map would look *very* different.

    20. EscapeFacebook on

      This entire thing was a fools erran and a tool for blatant market manipulation.

    21. Krisevol on

      That has nothing to do with tariffs, and everything to do with off loading labor to a cheaper country for decades.

    23. IndividualWeird6001 on

      What a shit graphic… its a 24 year span,in the meantime chinas gdp went 15x while the US went 3x, obviously a country that produces more and trades more becomes a bugger trading partner.

      Go from 2016 or smth, after the insane growth china had between 2005 and 2015.

      This has nothing to do with tariffs.

      Way to skew facts with your OC.

    24. WeagleWeagle357 on

      Baa baa, sheep, why are so many of those nations clamoring to prevent tariffs from being placed on them by negotiating deals?

    26. Longjumping-Box5691 on

      Trump should tariff Hollywood.

      Anyone watching a Hollywood movie should pay extra

    27. Intelligent-Pride955 on

      China has little leverage here. They can’t dump treasuries and their economy would bleed more in the short and long term. I’m not a trump supporter by any means but their only other option is to devalue their currency at a significant rate.

      US companies have time to fix supply chains and some started doing so after his first term.

      I disagree with pretty much all his other policies and overall agenda but this one seems like it was at least somewhat thought out. I don’t think this is about reshoring all jobs to the US but to force companies to see china as a risk . Sure, some manufacturing might come back but realistically we are not competitive enough and companies can make their dollar go further outside the US.

    30. Sprinklypoo on

      I’ve long thought that the US doesn’t deserve to “lead the world” in anything important. At least agent orange is putting that plan into action…

    31. Caudillo_Sven on

      Isn’t this also proving exactly why open free trade has been a terrible idea?! It’s all red BECAUSE of free trade.

    35. MachiavelliSJ on

      That is not “the” problem, it is “a” problem.

      The worse problem is hurting trade for no good reason. Trades are always mutually beneficial within the bubble of those trading. Otherwise, they wouldnt trade. There are reasons to interfere with that trade. Trunp has not provided good reasons to do so.

      But stopping trade with an authoritarian regime that practically enslaves its citizens? Sign me up.

    36. iClips3 on

      Does this include services? Because it seems those are always left outside of the equation, yet it’s one of the prime reasons why the US is still dominant. That and energy.

    37. HarshilBhattDaBomb on

      If china exports more goods, would a global recession affect it more? I’m trying to make sense of what the US is doing.

    39. jazzbiscuit on

      So basically we’re trying to throw a tariff war at a lot of countries that don’t really need us. And without the infrastructure to even try to compete against China regardless of “if we can do it cheaper”. Brilliant.

    40. sermer48 on

      Is this OC? I saw this posted on yesterday from another account and the name at the bottom doesn’t match OP’s…

    41. idreamofdouche on

      It doesn’t make any sense to do this with 20+ years apart. This really doesn’t tell you anything about the effects of the tariffs.