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by h2odragon 598 days ago
Trumps "promised" tariffs are always worse than Biden's extant ones.

> During his first presidency Trump instituted a limited number of extra tariffs, chiefly against China. Upon taking office, President Joe Biden kept them in place and even extended them. But what's different about these new proposals is that they are rising across the board by up to 20 percent, or so it has been said on the campaign trail.

and also: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/us/politics/us-biden-chin...