It doesn't take much economics to see through this bullshit formula for calculation the tariff increases

It has arbitrary parameters that cancel out, so that the increase in tariff rate is just simply the trade deficit as a proportion of imports

It makes no sense

https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f023f37445c2640ac064cbbec52095add842ff46f1e532b0890cfae9a7c7bf41/7c235697dec94b3c1aaf752091d85168b23d44a299efd79f394735fe5b8dedde.webp