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Last night I started skimming articles from all across the spectrum. Everything that attempts to go into any kind of detail is saying what the OP says - that the calculations are not based on other nations' tariff rates, but on their trade deficit with the US which is something quite different.

If that's not the case, there are plenty of Trump-friendly news outlets that should be pushing back and correcting the record, but I see no evidence of anyone doing that, leaving me with the conclusion that the articles are correct. And that leave me with the conclusion that the Trump tariff charts are mislabeled and misleading. But why?

And how are some countries supposed to address this? If a country doesn't actually have tariffs on the US but has a trade deficit because we are gluttonous consumers and they are a developing country, they can't cut tariffs to please Trump. Instead Trump just chokes off our supply of raw materials or raises their prices on US producers, without accomplishing anything in return. I can't figure this out, and people saying "just trust Trump" is getting old fast.

Here is Trump's three column list of 1.) countries, 2.)tariffs charged to U.S and 3.) tariffs charged by the U.S..

I see two things.

First, tariffs are reciprocal with a 50% discount.

Second, there's a 10% minimum tariff of 10%.

Where's the confusion?