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HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Russia is already on its own “special list” of countries that have very heavy trade restrictions. Like North Korea.

  I don’t think tariffs would’ve made a difference there.

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  • HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Trump imposed tariffs on uninhabited islands near Antarctica, but not Russia.

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    • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yeah but that’s out of incompetence, not malice. You’re in most cases not allowed to trade with Russia due to sanctions, so what is there to tariff?

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      • HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        41% increase on tariffs to Syria which is currently also comprehensively sanctioned

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• BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Wtf is the Mueller stack?

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