bones hat geschrieben: 03.08.2025, 11:56
Die Schweiz hat es auch nicht leicht mit der Orange. Wahrscheinlich wurde beim Verhandeln vergessen, einen persönlichen Invetitionsfonds in Milliardenhöhe für ihn einzurichten.
Ja, und das, obwohl die Schweiz ja durchaus MAGA-kompatible Figuren wie den Blocher und seine SVP hat.
Naive fragen natürlich sofort: na und, was exportiert denn die Schweiz schon in die USA? Käse, Rolex und Alphörner? Die ersten beiden natürlich, aber dann kommen noch so "unwichtige" Dinge wie Medikamente dazu, und die nicht zu wenig. Aber brauchen die MAHAs von RFK "Hirnwurm" Jr. nicht, die saufen lieber Lebertran.
Der von mir sehr geschätzte Justin Wolfers schreibt (neben anderen Experten) einen interessanten Punkt zu Oranges Zolldesaster. Nämlich dass wir die konkreten "Deals" nie zu sehen bekommen (ich lass es mal unübersetzt):
"The most notable feature of Trump’s trade “deals” is that we’ve never seen them. The White House hasn’t released the text. Neither have our trading partners. That tells you a lot. Here’s some logic I learned from my kids: When they ace an assignment, they tape it to the fridge. So when they’re quiet, I infer they blew it. Statisticians call this Bayesian logic.
This logic applies also to the politics of trade deals: if the text was impressive, we’d have seen it by now. A good Bayesian, like a good parent, understands that silence is telling and truthful. Our trading partners understand Trump cares more about the optics of winning than the reality of their economic effects. So they let him boast, and they understand their self interest is to not undermine him by releasing details. So a Bayesian is left to infer that there’s likely much less to these deals — if they even exist — than meets the eye.
There’s been only one exception to this: The text of the first deal, which was with Britain, was eventually released. The reality of that deal bore little resemblance to the president’s claims.
So I return to the wisdom of President George W. Bush: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... rade-deal/
