Tuesday, April 08, 2025

Dealing with tariffs.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/micron-impose-tariff-related-surcharge-some-products-april-9-sources-say-2025-04-08/

Exclusive: Micron to impose tariff-related surcharge on some products from April 9, sources say



(Related)

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/mobiles-tabs/how-apple-flew-5-flights-full-of-iphones-from-india-and-china-in-3-days-to-beat-trump-tariffs/articleshow/120044321.cms

How Apple 'flew' 5 flights full of iPhones from India and China in 3 days to beat Trump tariffs





But explain that to the average citizen…

https://newrepublic.com/post/193677/donald-trump-tariffs-deficit-understanding

Trump Exposes Own Kindergarten-Level Understanding of Economics

… “I spoke to a lot of leaders—European, Asian—from all over the world. They are dying to make a deal, but I said, ‘We’re not gonna have deficits with your country,’” Trump told reporters on board Air Force One Sunday. “We’re not gonna do that, because to me a deficit is a loss. We’re gonna have surpluses or at worst we’re gonna be breaking even.”

A trade deficit isn’t a “loss,” regardless of what Trump thinks. A trade deficit simply means that one country spends more on goods from another country than that country spends on goods from them.

Crucially, economists say that having a trade deficit is not an inherently bad thing at all, because the U.S. simply can’t and shouldn’t make everything. Trump’s insistence that the U.S. is being taken for a ride betrayed a fundamental misunderstanding of economics that is built on a dislike of other countries and a desire to be the dealmaker responsible for a new world order.





Tools & Techniques. (An overview)

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01069-0

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