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Bernardo de La Paz

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9. It is a single country on tariffs. All countries in the EU apply the same import tariffs

Reply to intrepidity (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 10:04 AM

Mar 27

Thanks to the customs union the customs authorities of all EU countries work together as if they were one. They apply the same tariffs to goods imported into their territory from outside the EU.

EU is a commonly used shorthand for the European Union group of countries that coordinate their economic measures.

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So our president thinks the EU is a country? nt intrepidity Mar 27 #8

It is a single country on tariffs. All countries in the EU apply the same import tariffs Bernardo de La Paz Mar 27 #9

But read his quote intrepidity Mar 27 #10

I missed that. I wish you had included it in your first post or pointed it out. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 27 #11

Yet his idiotic, grade school level economics tariff programs are benevolent and generous. BobTheSubgenius Mar 28 #12