There is no logic to it. It's just the US going insane and Americans nodding along.

https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/04/02/no-vat-isnt-a-tariff-but...

https://iccwbo.org/news-publications/news/are-value-added-ta...

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/31/as-trump-reciprocal-tariffs-...

etc, etc.

The only reasonable reply as a consumer and/or cloud-service purchaser: Economic wide-scale boycott of the US.