Comment on The one good thing about all this

• ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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    • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The recent collapse of the Assad regime might have changed the calculus there, not sure.

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    • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They’re on a different list that allows limited trade afaik.

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      • HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        So is Russia now that Trump continues lifting sanctions and gutting sanctions enforcement against Russia

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