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jamesblondeyesterday at 1:31 PM1 replyview on HN

Nonsense. Unilaterial tarrifs are not how trade agreements work. This is pure extractive rent.

The reason the US is not able to extract the same rents from China is that they have digital sovereignty and the US cannot just pull the cloud plug from them.


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andsoitisyesterday at 1:43 PM

> Nonsense. Unilaterial tarrifs are not how trade agreements work. This is pure extractive rent.

What do you mean by "unilateral tariffs"?

> The reason the US is not able to extract the same rents from China is that they have digital sovereignty and the US cannot just pull the cloud plug from them.

The US has higher tariffs against Chinese imports than European imports.