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[โ€“] Buffalox@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Trump claims 39% tariffs in EU of US goods. This is absolutely insane.
IDK what the current tariffs were before increases today. But I was in the import business in the 90's of computer equipment, and it was typically around 4% back then from USA.

I've been trying to figure out the general level of tariffs in EU, but I simply can't.
The official Danish site requires all sorts of obscure data before I can look it up. ๐Ÿคจ

Anyone in the know about this, could you give us a hint about where about it was before this shit show?

Good examples IMO would be: Computers, Cars, Shoes, Clothing, Wine, Soy beans.

[โ€“] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Trump thinks sales taxes are tariffs so that might be why

[โ€“] klu9@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

AFAIK, no country in the EU has sales tax. They do have value added tax. Is that what you meant?

[โ€“] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago

Yep, same thing

[โ€“] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Oh boy really?
You are probably right, but there's still some way to go to reach 39%

[โ€“] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The linked article has this:

That 39% figure claimed by the U.S. is widely disputed with the World Trade Organization saying the EUโ€™s average tariff rate was 4.9% in 2024.

...

โ€œNevertheless, considering the actual trade in goods between the EU and U.S., in practice the average tariff rate on both sides is approximately 1%. In 2023, the U.S. collected approximately 7 billion euros [$6.35 billion] of tariffs on EU exports, and the EU collected approximately 3 billion euros on U.S. exports,โ€ the Commission said.

[โ€“] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That's weird, because I read the entire article, and I don't see that anywhere?
A search on the page for some of the key words, doesn't turn up anything either?
I even looked at the article linked in the article, still nothing...???
So what article exactly are you referring to?

[โ€“] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's an excellent question. Pretty sure the page I copied that quote from looks a lot like the linked page. I don't have other pages about this topic in my browsing history. Either CNCB edited the page, or my browser forgot a page.

[โ€“] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks anyway, it was exactly the information I was looking for, but it would have been nice with a source.
But the info fits my expectations pretty well.