Mystified by the trade numbers. International trade isn't something that I have more than an average citizen's understanding of, but the overstory of matching numbers falls apart completely once you realize that one number is the imbalance in trade and the other is the tariff imposed, and the blunderbuss nationwide targeting of foreign states would seem to shut down trade from that country completely. I would have to assume that if your margin is 6% to 7%, any tariff above these numbers means that the goods simply don't ship. Else, the foreign states would have to come up with a scheme to favor particular industries. Apolitical, as always, but it does seem that some slide-rule work has been done in crayon.
