Oh I completely agree with you, the tariffs don’t make sense at all and some of the Annex II countries have even higher tariff rates than the Column 2 countries in the HTSUS. I’m just saying that it doesn’t make sense to say “Russia was left off the tariff list” in context. If you say “that list penalized random countries harsher than North Korea or Russia” that’s true, but “it’s not even on the list” is something that just gives conservatives fodder for their delusional narrative of liberals and leftists mindlessly freaking out. We’re freaking out with good reason, but “Russia isn’t on the list” isn’t exactly the good reason. The list making no fucking sense is the good reason.
Oh I completely agree with you, the tariffs don’t make sense at all and some of the Annex II countries have even higher tariff rates than the Column 2 countries in the HTSUS. I’m just saying that it doesn’t make sense to say “Russia was left off the tariff list” in context. If you say “that list penalized random countries harsher than North Korea or Russia” that’s true, but “it’s not even on the list” is something that just gives conservatives fodder for their delusional narrative of liberals and leftists mindlessly freaking out. We’re freaking out with good reason, but “Russia isn’t on the list” isn’t exactly the good reason. The list making no fucking sense is the good reason.
Edited to correct a typo.