It Appears Trump's Confusing "Reciprocal" Tariff Numbers Came from ChatGPT?

[NoleATL]

Hey Google, Is this a Pepsi?

Where did these numbers come from? Apparently, an oversimplified calculation that several major AI chatbots happen to recommend.
Economist James Surowiecki quickly reverse-engineered a possible explanation for the tariff pricing. He found you could recreate each of the White House’s numbers by simply taking a given country’s trade deficit with the US and dividing it by their total exports to the US. Halve that number, and you get a ready-to-use “discounted reciprocal tariff.” The White House objected to this claim and published the formula it says that it used, but as Politico points out, the formula looks like a dressed-up version of Surowiecki’s method.

Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s

ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.

www.theverge.com

 

[bunsen82]

Hey Google, Is this a Pepsi?

Where did these numbers come from? Apparently, an oversimplified calculation that several major AI chatbots happen to recommend.
Economist James Surowiecki quickly reverse-engineered a possible explanation for the tariff pricing. He found you could recreate each of the White House’s numbers by simply taking a given country’s trade deficit with the US and dividing it by their total exports to the US. Halve that number, and you get a ready-to-use “discounted reciprocal tariff.” The White House objected to this claim and published the formula it says that it used, but as Politico points out, the formula looks like a dressed-up version of Surowiecki’s method.

Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s

ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.

www.theverge.com

I had found 3 places yesterday, that all agreed they used the trade imbalance as the starting point and divided by 2 to calculate reciprocal - idiots, that is not the definition of reciprocal. It is clear Trump is using this as a way to try to gain tariff payments and claim this as an offset for his tax plan. We have already seen 9 republican House members have already broken away to vote with democrats. How many more will when they think republicans are on a sinking ship.

 

[mnole03]

I had found 3 places yesterday, that all agreed they used the trade imbalance as the starting point and divided by 2 to calculate reciprocal - idiots, that is not the definition of reciprocal. It is clear Trump is using this as a way to try to gain tariff payments and claim this as an offset for his tax plan. We have already seen 9 republican House members have already broken away to vote with democrats. How many more will when they think republicans are on a sinking ship.

That’s because you’re too stupid to understand the formula.

It’s not just that. They also multiplied the denominator by 4 and then divided it by 4. They used Greek letters. It’s all very scientific.

 

[Chishawk1425]

 

[NoleATL]

It is clear Trump is using this as a way to try to gain tariff payments and claim this as an offset for his tax plan.

This 100%... I said this days ago.........

 

[h-hawk]

They need to DOGE the experienced mechanics that work on trump's aircraft.

 

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[95Hawk]

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