Tommy Vitor

Like the UK, Singapore, and Australia had negotiated rates lower than the 15% universal rate that Trump says he will ultimately implement.

On the other hand, China, Brazil, and India should see a big tariff reduction in the short term.

And then the tariffs on Mexico and Canada will likely remain as is because they are already under some of these authorities that have not been struck down.

So it's also confusing for the EU.

They negotiated this deal with Trump

over the summer.

Now they're reportedly having doubts about whether to ratify it or not.

I bet the Japanese are pissed because I think like two days or three days before the court decision, they cut some deal that offered a bunch of concessions to get down to a 15% rate.

And now that's the universal standard.

So Ben, the big elephant in the room to me though is China.

Trump is going to China in late March, early April, but, like, his big stick was being able to slap them with tariffs, even if he's already kind of backed off the early Liberation Day trade war.

Like, what do you think the impact of losing this tool is for him on those negotiations and then kind of, like, big picture, his attempt to bully the world with tariffs?

Yeah.

And they're already unpopular.

I mean, 60% of Americans disapprove of Trump's tariffs.

And I think it was a Pew poll like a few weeks ago.

So yeah, like any attention to this makes me happy because it's wildly unpopular.

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