• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    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. 🤨

    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.

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      The linked article has this:

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

      “Nevertheless, 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,” the Commission said.

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        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?

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          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.

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            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.