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magicalhippo
38 days ago
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US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, ...
Svalbard imports a lot of snowmobiles though, given their population. From what I know a substantial fraction, if not most, are from Polaris so made in the US[1].
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https://www.polaris.com/en-us/snowmobiles/owner-resources/he...
vidarh
38 days ago
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"A lot" is rather relative here given the total population is around 2.5k people.
magicalhippo
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True but I think relative numbers are relevant in this context.
vidarh
37 days ago
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The relative numbers says nothing about the impact on US trade.
magicalhippo
36 days ago
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True, I was thinking more about how silly the tariff rates are given the relative trade imbalance.
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[1]: https://www.polaris.com/en-us/snowmobiles/owner-resources/he...