54% of US adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level.
https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2024-2025-where-we-are-now
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Yes and no, they're a tax that's supposed to diswage people buying specific products from a specific country (eg. A Tariff on Chinese cars, or on Canadian Beef). Ideally they'd be a much cheaper alternative from another country sitting right next to it at the store (eg Japanese cars, or Australian beef).
However Trump is tariffing multiple countries at the same time, and trying to do ao on primary materials (like steel, which will effect many industries).
You also need to have industry and actually produce your own versions of products. It’s complicated, and often not the right answer except for very specific circumstances.
Trump however is a bull in a China shop eroding confidence in the US market and in the US in general.
"diswage"?
I think he meant ‘dissuade’.
It's when you insult someone's earnings. A shortening of "I diss your wage".
So because there are multiple countries that you have to pay a tax for, it's not a tax??
No, the more counties you're leveling tariffs on, the more they become useless taxes on your own country ,- because they're unavoidable, and not directing consumers well enough... The cumulative costs on your economy start to outweigh the benefits, which were supposed to be about bolstering domestic production/consumption of domestically made goods..
Everything looks like a nail to Trump's Tariff hammer..
But useless taxes are still taxes is what I mean
No joke, I saw a 'tariff free' advertisement for GMC trucks today.
Which is complete bullshit.
GMC has not been competitive or relevant for decades so not surprised they'd resort to straight lies for marketing.
So Canada's tariffs on the US are...?
An appropriate retaliation. Trump is being an idiot.
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Making sure Canadian workers don't have an unfair advantage. The yanks are our neighbors eh
Also problematic which is why they are willing to remove them. But yeah, no quid pro quo would just be caving.