[bitshiftfaced]

I don't know if this is about targeting red states so much as it is about just finding anything to tariff. In 2023, the EU had a trade surplus on goods with the US of about $150 billion. It's much easier for the US to find things to tariff than for the EU, since they're importing more.

[FirmwareBurner]

Sure but these "trade surplus" memes Trump keeps parroting conveniently don't include the SW products and services that makes the US so rich.

[seec]

Yes but that's a big problem, the EU doesn't really have any alternative for most of them. So, if it were to tarif them a lot, it would end up hurting the EU population more than the other way around.

If you tariff most tech stuff there is no EU native replacement available.