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vincent kang's avatar

They're being intentionally dumb. By being dumb it increases the brute force of the tariffs, rather than being bogged down by detail.

Basically, Trump has approached trade in the same way as liberals in the past used disparate impact to disrupt what they saw as American segregation. Prima facie fairness doesn't matter: quotas and representation and results are what matters.

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Zafer jilani's avatar

Perfectly written

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