{"id":232136,"date":"2025-04-03T21:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T21:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:04:54","slug":"this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/aheJpyOdouQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aheJpyOdouQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s massive tariffs announced on dozens of nations were pitched as \u201creciprocal,\u201d matching what other countries charge the United States dollar for dollar, even taking into account non-tariff barriers like value-added taxes and other such measures. But the actual calculation the Trump administration used is not reciprocal at all. Matching countries\u2019 tariffs dollar for dollar is an incredibly difficult task, involving poring over each country\u2019s tariff schedule and matching a complex array of products, each of which has a different charge for any variants. Instead, the Trump administration used quite a simple calculation: the country\u2019s trade deficit divided by its exports to the United States times 1\/2. That\u2019s it.  #CNN #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s massive tariffs announced on dozens of nations were pitched as \u201creciprocal,\u201d matching what other countries charge the United States dollar for dollar, even taking into account non-tariff barriers like value-added taxes and other such measures. But the actual calculation the Trump administration used is not reciprocal at all. Matching countries\u2019 tariffs dollar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":232137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-232136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-03T20:04:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/aheJpyOdouQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"headline\":\"This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-03T20:04:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":126,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/hqdefault-483.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"CNN\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\\\/\",\"name\":\"This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/hqdefault-483.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-03T20:04:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"description\":\"Watch This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/hqdefault-483.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/hqdefault-483.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2025-04-03T20:04:54+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/aheJpyOdouQ\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"headline":"This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs","datePublished":"2025-04-03T20:04:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/"},"wordCount":126,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hqdefault-483.jpg","articleSection":["CNN"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/","name":"This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hqdefault-483.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-03T20:04:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"description":"Watch This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hqdefault-483.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hqdefault-483.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/this-is-the-dubious-way-trump-calculated-his-reciprocal-tariffs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"This is the dubious way Trump calculated his \u2018reciprocal\u2019 tariffs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232136"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=232136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}