Tux@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoDear Americans, be prepare to get screwed!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageDear Americans, be prepare to get screwed!lemmy.worldTux@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square95fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 hours agoIf country A sells most of an export to country B and country B makes it harder for country A to sell to country B, country A may raise prices for countries C, D and E to make up for the losses caused by country B.
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 hours agoCould country A try to decrease exports to country B and increase exports to country C, D, and E, perhaps by lowering the cost in C, D, and E? I don’t have any evidence for, and this document is just too long for me to read at this late hour. [IMF - Macroeconomic Consequences of Tariffs](Macroeconomic Consequences of Tariffs. https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/WP/2019/wp1909.ashx)
minus-squaredisgrunty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 hours agoSo what I’m hearing is, we should all be very mad with the Americans?
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 hours agoA bit over a half of them, yeah. (I do realise that voters aren’t 100% of the population but)
If country A sells most of an export to country B and country B makes it harder for country A to sell to country B, country A may raise prices for countries C, D and E to make up for the losses caused by country B.
Could country A try to decrease exports to country B and increase exports to country C, D, and E, perhaps by lowering the cost in C, D, and E?
I don’t have any evidence for, and this document is just too long for me to read at this late hour. [IMF - Macroeconomic Consequences of Tariffs](Macroeconomic Consequences of Tariffs. https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/WP/2019/wp1909.ashx)
So what I’m hearing is, we should all be very mad with the Americans?
A bit over a half of them, yeah. (I do realise that voters aren’t 100% of the population but)