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In what scenario does the other country - the one being tariffed, to be absolutely clear - does that country pay the tariff?

That was the exact scenario he iterated over and over on the campaign trail. What technically possible scenario exists for this to happen?




When there's practically no other country willing to import it and there are costs to migrate to another kind of production and few alternate buyers would be an example.




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