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dralley01/22/20251 replyview on HN

Trump has is proposing a 10% tariff on China, and a 25% tariff on Mexico.

Also he's handing out tariff exemptions to his political allies like candy.

There's not some high minded principal or strategy here. It's graft and spite. Trump even seems to be holding out the tariff threat as leverage to force the sale of TikTok.

Look you can agree with this stuff if you want but none of it is remotely aligned with libertarian principles. Even squishy ones.


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NekkoDroid01/22/2025

> Trump has is proposing a 10% tariff on China, and a 25% tariff on Mexico.

Wasn't it 60% for China, 25% for Canada and Mexico and 10% for the rest of the planet?

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