How were Donald Trump's tariffs calculated?

The U.S. President has imposed new reciprocal and massive taxes on goods entering the U.S., in addition to the previous ones, which raise fears of serious consequences for the world economy. But the Trump administration's method of calculating these tariffs is a matter of debate.

How did Trump's experts calculate the outside world's tariffs against the United States? Experts see how the percentages are calculated and call it “invented” and “idiotic”. Meanwhile, Trump is mocked on the internet for putting tariffs on all exports -- from an island inhabited by penguins.

Has the Trump administration used AI to calculate tariffs?

There are indications that the Trump tariffs have been calculated by an AI.

In the west, voices are raised around the world to denounce the tariff policy that has just been announced by the US President, a policy that has been described without hesitation as "violent", "suicidal", "incoherent", "inepte" or "contrary to the basic rules of trade." In Hamlet, the old Chambellan Polonius comments on the apparently erratic behaviour of the central character: "Although this is madness, there is some method in that." Do we not…

Trump Administration Used This Formula To Determine "Not Reciprocal" Tariffs

As countries consider their responses to US President Donald Trump's tariffs, reports on how the rates were calculated suggest that they weren't exactly reciprocal. For over half the countries, a flat reciprocal tariff of 10 per cent was imposed, according to the Wall Street Journal. For other countries, an additional levy was added. Per CNN, the number was arrived through a simple calculation: take the country's trade deficit with the US, divid…

The president has not only calculated the tariffs, but also the damage inflicted on the US by the Brussels leaps and the devaluation of the euro. The counting is arbitrary but the trade deficit is a real problem. Is anyone still able to be surprised that America tends to agger...