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Mia Wong

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

And that's also a society that does not involve, again, at the very highest level, you getting thrown into prison camps because your god king hates you. And we can do this. We can live in that society.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

And that's also a society that does not involve, again, at the very highest level, you getting thrown into prison camps because your god king hates you. And we can do this. We can live in that society.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

It's great. It's fun. Pickets are cool and good. If you haven't been on one, you should go on one. They're great. They're great. Yeah. It's a good time.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

It's great. It's fun. Pickets are cool and good. If you haven't been on one, you should go on one. They're great. They're great. Yeah. It's a good time.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

It's great. It's fun. Pickets are cool and good. If you haven't been on one, you should go on one. They're great. They're great. Yeah. It's a good time.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

Welcome to Tariff Talk, the talk where I talk to you about the turf tariffs. So, alright, the big thing that happened last week in tariffs was that Trump exempted smartphones and electronics. There's a whole suite of electronics that are exempted from the 145% turf tariffs from Liberation Day. Now, there was still a 20% tariff... on all these electronic goods from the earlier round of tariffs.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

Welcome to Tariff Talk, the talk where I talk to you about the turf tariffs. So, alright, the big thing that happened last week in tariffs was that Trump exempted smartphones and electronics. There's a whole suite of electronics that are exempted from the 145% turf tariffs from Liberation Day. Now, there was still a 20% tariff... on all these electronic goods from the earlier round of tariffs.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

Welcome to Tariff Talk, the talk where I talk to you about the turf tariffs. So, alright, the big thing that happened last week in tariffs was that Trump exempted smartphones and electronics. There's a whole suite of electronics that are exempted from the 145% turf tariffs from Liberation Day. Now, there was still a 20% tariff... on all these electronic goods from the earlier round of tariffs.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

In one of the initial rounds, there was a whole thing where he put a bunch of tariffs on.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

In one of the initial rounds, there was a whole thing where he put a bunch of tariffs on.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

In one of the initial rounds, there was a whole thing where he put a bunch of tariffs on.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

Yeah, but... Okay, so here's the thing, right? China... It's like additional or... Okay, so what's happening with these is that in the very, very first round of tariffs that went out, there was a 20% tariff on all Chinese goods. And so the Liberation Day tariffs, which... And then the subsequent retaliatory tariffs... Pushed it.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

Yeah, but... Okay, so here's the thing, right? China... It's like additional or... Okay, so what's happening with these is that in the very, very first round of tariffs that went out, there was a 20% tariff on all Chinese goods. And so the Liberation Day tariffs, which... And then the subsequent retaliatory tariffs... Pushed it.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

Yeah, but... Okay, so here's the thing, right? China... It's like additional or... Okay, so what's happening with these is that in the very, very first round of tariffs that went out, there was a 20% tariff on all Chinese goods. And so the Liberation Day tariffs, which... And then the subsequent retaliatory tariffs... Pushed it.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

No, okay, we're going to get the 250%. That number's bullshit. Okay. But we're at 145% tariff from the Liberation Day stuff. But that also had included an earlier 20% tariff. And you see why reporting about this is so fucking hard, right? So that was stacked on top of that other tariff.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

No, okay, we're going to get the 250%. That number's bullshit. Okay. But we're at 145% tariff from the Liberation Day stuff. But that also had included an earlier 20% tariff. And you see why reporting about this is so fucking hard, right? So that was stacked on top of that other tariff.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

No, okay, we're going to get the 250%. That number's bullshit. Okay. But we're at 145% tariff from the Liberation Day stuff. But that also had included an earlier 20% tariff. And you see why reporting about this is so fucking hard, right? So that was stacked on top of that other tariff.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

So he's removed the Liberation Day tariffs, but there still are 20% tariffs on all iPhones and all the electronic goods that are still in effect. So the tariff rate for those goods is now 20 instead of 145. But this is where things get even more murky.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

So he's removed the Liberation Day tariffs, but there still are 20% tariffs on all iPhones and all the electronic goods that are still in effect. So the tariff rate for those goods is now 20 instead of 145. But this is where things get even more murky.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

So he's removed the Liberation Day tariffs, but there still are 20% tariffs on all iPhones and all the electronic goods that are still in effect. So the tariff rate for those goods is now 20 instead of 145. But this is where things get even more murky.