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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Surely American trades some products? Where does Russian vodka come from?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    I was under the impression that we (in Canada) get our vodka mostly from Finland, but it's been a while since I worked as an alcohol purveyor... I'm ashamed of the things I did during those years, but I'm in recovery now, thank you for your concern

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306859/us-imports-by-commodity-from-russia/

    It does look like we import about $3B/year. Mostly fertilizers, which make up 1/3 of total imports, and some raw metals and a bit of heavy machinery. But that's minuscule beside our trade balances with the top of his tariff list - China, the EU, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, and India. We do $20B/year with tiny little South Korea, as a point of comparison. We bring in $6B/year from South Africa.

    To my knowledge, we don't import Russian vodka in any significant quantity. Anything "Russian" branded is typically imported from one of the neighboring states - Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Romania. Red Army Vodka, for instance, is from a Polish company.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He slapped a 50% tarrif on Lesotho, so it's clearly not about size or impact.

    And the UK got a 10% tariff applied even though the US doesn't have a goods trade deficit with them.

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