When it comes to tariffs, AVERAGES are generally more instructive than Trump's misleading anecdotes
So @SoumayaKeynes calculates them, examines them, and explains themhttps://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/06/14/how-open-is-america …
Bad analysis and the author even explains why: "And trade-weighted averages can mislead, because goods with crushingly high tariffs will naturally have lower weights." Any increase in tariff ceteris paribus will lower it's important, reducing it's trade weight.