Following the announcement of the President Trump to delete global tariffs on Wednesday, the social media users quickly tried to decipher the mathematics behind them. In addition to the basic 10% of the Tariff against the whole world, some countries will face additional tariffs based on a way that “unfairly” Trump believes that they are treating the United States, however, that the White House may have used the rudimentary proposals of Chatbot to reach its tariffs, those who are not really the reciprocal for which other countries are charged the US.
From Verge::
Economist James Surowiecki Quickly vice versa produce a possible explanation of tariff price. He discovered that you could recreate each of the number of white houses by simply taking a trade deficit of a particular country with the USA and share it with their total export to the US. Invest that number, and you get ready to use “discounted reciprocal tariffs.” White house complained to this claim and Published a formula It says he used but As politico emphasizesThe formula looks like a dressed version of Surowiecki’s method.
Looking for various chatbots for a “easy” way to correct trade imbalances with other countries, Verge They found that everyone suggested a formula that is closely aligned with the one used by the White House.
It should not be terribly surprising to anyone who understands the basics of chatbot. They mimic what they often see posted on the net. A trick to understand Chatbot is the preface to all they say with: “I have heard many people say it …” But in the same way you wouldn’t believe the research of fifty people who don’t know anything about a topic, you shouldn’t believe what Chatbot says. They confidently say things that are wrong or constantly confusing.
Although the administration denied itself by relying on the basic chatbot over experienced economists, it has already embarked on hot water because of its preference to use consumer applications. Just passed the scandal for airy Using a consumer application signal Discuss a confidential war plans, a move that seems to have probably influenced Elon Musk, who is known for using a signal. And his initiative to reduce costs was honest in his plans Use AI AI throughout the Federal Government to reduce costs.
By further supporting the idea that the White House accidentally compiled its tariff strategy the fact that there are territories on the list that are uninhabited, such as Heard Island. And other countries affected by tariffs, such as Australia, in fact have excess with the United States, which means they buy more from the United States than export. You have to ask yourself if they have even read tariff proposals before making them politics.
There are perfectly good reasons why the country could have a trade deficit with another. The United States are service ECONOMY – Makes a lucrative product design, software developing, supply chains management and other works, while outsourcing of physical arduous tasks to other countries. Now there are a TRADE TRANSLATE IN SERVICES While countries use many US services, from Facebook to Netflix. Every state has what economists call a comparative advantage, which does good that other countries do not.
The Americans, to put it, do not want to do grunt, so the country imports a lot of goods from the countries to do so. Even with tariffs, working in America is so expensive that it would still be cheaper to import goods. Furthermore, the countries hit new tariffs like Madagascar and Ethiopia, probably not suddenly buying billions of US heavy goods, and punishment makes them unproductive. But somehow, President Trump expects the factory to get back at once, and the deportation of migrants will not make a salad more expensive.
Penguin on Heard Island after hearing the tariff news pic.twitter.com/difbvdfwao
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