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[โ€“] expatriado@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the trade unbalance that Trump's team didn't include in their calculations

[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Those people do calculations!?

[โ€“] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago

They have ChatGPT to do "the cyber" for them now.

[โ€“] expatriado@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

very poorly, like the kind that make math teachers sigh

[โ€“] gressen@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why is there Wikipedia logo in the pic?

[โ€“] drspod@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago

Probably because the person who made the image didn't really think too hard about their job.

[โ€“] B0rax@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And why is there companies that sell physical goods? They are not the target here

[โ€“] SW42@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Europe Imports More Services than goods from the US and A

[โ€“] B0rax@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sure, but on the picture we see aliexpress, Amazon and zalando, sellers of physical goods.

Granted, Amazon also sells digital services, but the others do not.

[โ€“] taladar@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Actually Alibaba also has their own cloud services (Alibaba Cloud)

[โ€“] B0rax@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

Sure. But alibaba is not on the picture, aliexpress is.

[โ€“] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought it says Germany considers 10% tax on internet girls

[โ€“] HerrVorragend@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Wouldnโ€™t make a difference. Everyone knows there are no girls on the internet.

[โ€“] j4yt33@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

"Considers" doesn't mean anything, especially not for a conservative government. I'll believe it when I see it