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[–] 22 points 2 years ago (6 children)

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.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    So what I'm hearing is, we should all be very mad with the Americans?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    A bit over a half of them, yeah. (I do realise that voters aren't 100% of the population but)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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)

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