“Economists say the crude formula the White House used to calculate what it’s calling ‘reciprocal tariffs’ is too simplistic to achieve its goal of wiping out U.S. trade deficits — and, for that matter, they say that goal doesn’t make sense, either,” the Washington Post reports.
Economists Say Trump’s Math Makes No Sense
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