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how trump got these 'strange' numbers for the tariffs [1]
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Date: 2025-04-06
Hi All. Astranger here.
I’m from Europe and I am mildly concerned to say the least, for ‘our’ wellbeing and YOUR wellbeing.
Here is something that really concerns you so make sure YOU give this story legs.
I follow an Australian Youtuber who does very good analysis, usually defense procurement related. He did a take on the ongoing trade war. He tried to figure out where these strange figures came from on that table.
TL-DR. A. Use the US trade deficit for goods. B. Hide every last trace of the US trade surplus for services. C. Create a lot of noise to distract everybody. D. Lie, lie, lie. with figures that are NOT representative of the truth and hope nobody notices.
Here is a link to the website of the United States Trade Representative NOW. I picked Switzerland ustr.gov/…
Everything but the trade of goods is GONE
Here is a link to Switzerland on the Wayback machine that represents the Biden Administration. web.archive.org/…
Trade of goods, trade of services and Foreign Direct Investment in/out are all there.
Here is a link to the explainer of Perun, the Australian guy. It’s a long one but he goes in great detail and he documents his sources. The reveal starts around 10 mins.
Everybody on Wall Street KNOWS the figures for US trade in services, they manage a 100% of them. They must have spotted the deceit right away and gotten THEIR money out as soon as the bell rang. You will be left holding the can.
Hope this helps,
Astranger
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