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The Mystery of Trump’s 25% Tariff Threat on Kazakhstan
New york times ^ | 11th July 2025 | Daisuke Wakabayashu

Posted on 07/11/2025 2:42:05 AM PDT by Cronos

When President Trump announced tariffs in April, officials in Kazakhstan were surprised to see their country on the list.

Kazakhstan, a resource-rich country that borders Russia and China, does a minimal amount of trade with the United States. And based on how Kazakh government officials interpreted Mr. Trump’s new policies, more than 90 percent of its exports to the United States would be exempt from the tariff.

American officials have spent much of the last decade promising money and support to prod the country to open up its economy, especially mining.

"Many in the region saw the U.S. as a potential counterbalance to their giant neighbors, China and Russia. Now, that good will risks souring,” said Teniz Capital, a Kazakh investment bank, in a note to its clients. “As the United States raises barriers, China and Russia are poised to capitalize on Central Asia’s search for stable partners.”

In the first five months of this year, Kazakhstan ran a trade deficit with the United States, importing twice as much in American goods as it exported.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; China; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: 202504; brics; ccp; china; concerntroll; concerntrolling; daisukewakabayashu; kazakhstan; mining; newyorkslimes; noloophole; rareearths; russia; tariffexemptions; tariffs; tenizcapital; transshipments

1 posted on 07/11/2025 2:42:05 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

Wasn’t Hunter Biden heavily involved with Kazakhstan ?


2 posted on 07/11/2025 2:48:48 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: Cronos

The natural course of Tariffs is imported goods will flow as naturally as water does downhill, towards the country with the most favorable rate, thus establishing (and enriching) the middle Nation.


3 posted on 07/11/2025 3:00:41 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimat.)
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To: rottweiller_inc

We have most of what we need.

We just have to have the will to mine it here.


4 posted on 07/11/2025 3:06:10 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: Cronos

The initial list was all countries everywhere across the board no matter what trade was like with them. So everyone got pegged on his list.


5 posted on 07/11/2025 3:10:55 AM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: riverrunner

“We have most of what we need.

We just have to have the will to mine it here.”

Yeah. That’s the big problem. Everything is locked up as either a national monument or by excessive regulation that makes it not profitable to operate unless the prices you get are really high (it cost a lot of money to comply with government regulations).


6 posted on 07/11/2025 3:13:43 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimat.)
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To: Cronos

Wow! More Fourth Dimensional Chess! Our Prez is a genus!

I bet we see Tenth Dimensional Chess before the end of his term!


7 posted on 07/11/2025 3:47:23 AM PDT by Uncle Lonny
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To: Cronos

90 percent of its exports to the United States would be exempt

Just a NY Times hit piece. Very little of what they currently export would be hit.


8 posted on 07/11/2025 3:50:05 AM PDT by pas
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To: rottweiller_inc

Ok comrade.


9 posted on 07/11/2025 4:12:22 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Uncle Lonny

You left out the “ /s “ at the end of your post.


10 posted on 07/11/2025 4:13:28 AM PDT by Sir_Humphrey (I'll support Trump when I think he's right. I'll oppose him when I think he's wrong. As it should be)
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To: Cronos

Close Chicom ally.

Good.


11 posted on 07/11/2025 4:13:48 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Uncle Lonny

Are you serious or sarcastic? I can’t tell.


12 posted on 07/11/2025 6:03:01 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

Sarcastic


13 posted on 07/11/2025 6:18:51 AM PDT by Uncle Lonny
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To: Uncle Lonny

I see how you miss the chess reference as Checkers seems more your game.😄🤡


14 posted on 07/11/2025 7:12:49 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
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To: Cronos

“American officials have spent much of the last decade promising money and support to prod the country to open up its economy, especially mining.”

Hey, Daisuke Wakabayashu, you don’t suppose Trump did this to get the Kazakhs’ attention, thus to start a dialogue, and hopefully achieve more better trade in both directions. Or would he have been smarter to continue with what didn’t work for the last decade?


15 posted on 07/11/2025 8:12:31 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Cronos

Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country on the globe.


16 posted on 07/11/2025 8:16:04 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Cronos
OK so whatever little trade they do will have 25% tariff.

Is that too difficult for NYT/Daisuke Wakabayashu to understand?

17 posted on 07/11/2025 9:26:50 AM PDT by lewislynn (If you think Elon Musk is a genius you havent seen his "truck".)
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