Somebody who isn’t me should try and reconstruct what Grok queries they used to get these insane numbers - ThreadSky

beijingpalmer.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Somebody who isn’t me should try and reconstruct what Grok queries they used to get these insane numbers

Reposted from Gavan Reilly

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monalisablogue1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Vietnam 90% 🤣🤣🤣

I can't blame them kkk

sadboots.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think they just rolled a D20 and multiplied by five then subtracted another D20

dalassa.bsky.social•3 days ago

Omg they hit Israel on this one, defense contractors in shambles

telson.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's somewhat surprising.
Obviously no one has the ability to rein in The Orange Idiot.

brandontbishop.bsky.social•3 days ago

Why do they especially hate Southeast Asia?

ddll.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cambodian economists right now:

flame89.bsky.social•3 days ago

It was somehow even dumber than that
https://bsky.app/profile/hmmvryintrstng.bsky.social/post/3llugxrcu3c2j

mhsosjm.bsky.social•3 days ago

I love how a bunch of countries are 10% and none are lower. Sounds trustworthy

wgren.bsky.social•3 days ago

"How to create tariffs easily", apparently.

https://bsky.app/profile/dansinker.com/post/3llunnyfeoj2v

militantnerd.bsky.social•3 days ago

Israel 17%? I thought Trump and Bibi were friends?

airshipchronos.bsky.social•3 days ago

Guardian was saying the Admin claimed to factor in currency manipulation and something else but still said "experts aren't sure how they calculated this"

fakegreekgrill.bsky.social•3 days ago

Hahahah. Oh experts, you silly geese.

joshmallow.bsky.social•3 days ago

here it is
https://bsky.app/profile/hmmvryintrstng.bsky.social/post/3llugxrcu3c2j

zackbeauchamp.bsky.social•3 days ago

a large percentage comes from counting things that are not tariffs, like VATs, as tariffs

zachhensel.bsky.social•3 days ago

Having so many at an arbitrary floor of exactly 10% tells you exactly where the numbers are coming from

cwharlow.bsky.social•3 days ago

and "currency manipulation" he mentioned

andys311.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah like 67% from China seems insanely high

grungehamster.bsky.social•3 days ago

The absolute nonsense of claiming Vietnam has 90% tariffs on US goods... I wonder if they are trying to claim "well we are multiplying the tariff rate by the trade deficit" or similar insanity.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/vietnam-slashes-duties-imports-us-trump-tariffs-5036561

g026r.leftblank.org•3 days ago

They're "including currency manipulation & trade barriers" in their calculations.

So if your currency is too weak against the dollar then well, that's like a tariff. (It is not like a tariff.)

grungehamster.bsky.social•3 days ago

Turns out I am more right than I expected and it depresses me. It is simply a measure of trade deficit, no actual tariffs.

https://bsky.app/profile/hmmvryintrstng.bsky.social/post/3llugxrcu3c2j

g026r.leftblank.org•3 days ago

I should have realized that in the end, "they're profoundly lazy" was the answer.

observationpost.bsky.social•3 days ago

The highest tariffs (Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, SE Asia generally, etc) are all levied against nations that have become major clothing exporters.

meeper444.bsky.social•3 days ago

I doubt there was any real analysis. I bet they just winged it a couple hours ago.

acinixys.bsky.social•3 days ago

Based on this, for every $1 of goods America sends to China, China charges America $0.67?

That seems... unrealistic?

dxmnkd316.bsky.social•3 days ago

*including currency manipulation and trade barriers

Straight from the ass

archivesboy.bsky.social•3 days ago

"Grok, give me a chart that will sink the world's economy."

saltytempest.bsky.social•3 days ago

At the very least, only half need more explanation: the "discounted" (right-side) percentages are all half (rounded up) the left-side percentages, with a minimum of 10%.

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