Jef PoskanzerAug 2, 2025
Wrong: "Trump imposed a 39% tariff on Switzerland." Right: "Trump imposed a 39% tariff on Americans who buy from Switzerland." Every time you see this mistake, correct it. Every. Time.
Show threadrevenge of the boltzmann brainAug 2, 2025
@jef Does google have to pay tariffs on using stuff engineered in their swiss subsidiary? That would be fun.
Show threadNazani
@robert @jef I've been wondering what the effect is on multi-national corporations. Not sure they know themselves yet.
Aug 2, 2025 at 12:25pmWeb
Show threadRastalAug 2, 2025
@Nazani @robert @jef It'll be positive, guaranteed. Why? Because those corporations make up a large proportion of the special interest groups who fund such policy decisions through think tanks.