@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 3 months agoElon Musk's zero-tariff proposal with Europe is a sign of weakness and fear, German economy minister sayswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1375cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1375external-linkElon Musk's zero-tariff proposal with Europe is a sign of weakness and fear, German economy minister sayswww.businessinsider.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square31fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoIs “circumvent” the right word to use here? Isn’t it the intended outcome of tariffs that imports shift out of tariffed countries?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-23 months agoThat’s the intended outcome when your goal is to hurt a foreign market, but not when your goal is to strengthen your local market.
Is “circumvent” the right word to use here? Isn’t it the intended outcome of tariffs that imports shift out of tariffed countries?
That’s the intended outcome when your goal is to hurt a foreign market, but not when your goal is to strengthen your local market.