Because that’s how it is portrayed.
That’s how it has been portrayed always.
“The US has imposed a 10 per cent baseline tariff on most imported goods from Australia since 5 April 2025.”
Ffs. No. It’s more like
“US has forced Americans to pay an extra 10% cost if they want to buy Australian products.”
This whole cluster fuck of tariffs is portrayed by the Orange Man as if he is doing a big favour to Americans by imposing extra financial penalties on the other countries.
“China China China!! They never bought a single thing from us. I told them hey China if you want to sell us you need to pay us more. And not just China, I want to penalise all the countries who have been making money off of Americans. I am doing this all for Americans. I will make America great again.
So you wanna sell to Americans! You better pay extra.”
No Mr. President. The Americans are going to pay that extra amount. The tariffs are on the Americans. Americans will pay 110$ for which they used to pay 100$.
I can’t get clearer than this.
