Andrea Lassmann

@lassmann.bsky.social

Professor of International Economic Policy at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz

For those listening to this rant, those numbers are not tariffs. The European Union, e.g., has weighted average tariff rates of ~ 3% and arguably lower on US goods. So they are clearly including VATs and who knows what else? This false reciprocity is nonsense. For more: www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

Reciprocity and discrimination: When are tariffs useful remedies?

The Trump administration has marked April 2 for its next big tariff announcement, one that it says is centered on countering unfair trade practices abroad and imposing reciprocal trade protection. The...

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