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President Trump took to the Rose Garden podium on Wednesday afternoon to lay out his Liberation Day tariffs.

Trump declared an economic emergency and announced steeper than expected import taxes, including

first, a baseline tariff of 10% for all countries. Next, higher tariffs for the 60 countries

Trump considers the, quote, worst offenders of imbalanced trade, including 34% for China, 20% for the

EU, and 24% for Japan. And finally, a 25% tariff on all foreign-made cars.

How were the country-specific tariffs determined, you ask?

Well, the White House says the higher, quote, reciprocal tariff rates, end quote,

are meant to offset each country's trade policies toward the U.S., accounting for both tariffs and other trade barriers like regulations against U.S. goods.

However, the formula used is based on each country's trade deficit, aka how much it buys versus

sells to the U.S., which has sparked criticism that it's not doing what was intended or advertised.

The White House described its approach as a kind way of addressing unfair trade imbalances and protecting domestic manufacturing and could raise $2.2 trillion in revenue by 2034.

The responses to the Rose Garden address have been more thorny than rosy.

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