Credits & sources
Spot the Fake Tariff is satire, but every card marked REAL is a documented tariff, announcement, or threat. Every one links to its source below. Cards marked FAKE are invented by us and listed nowhere near a source, because they don't have one.
Art
No real photos, flags, seals, or logos. The card design (chyron bar, stamps, trade-balance meter) is original CSS and layout work for this game.
The real tariffs
- 10% TARIFF ON ISLANDS INHABITED ONLY BY PENGUINS
- 29% TARIFF ON NORFOLK ISLAND, HIGHER THAN AUSTRALIA'S OWN RATE
- 10% TARIFF ON ARCTIC ISLANDS BEST KNOWN FOR POLAR BEARS
- 10% TARIFF ON AN ISLAND WHOSE MAIN RESIDENTS ARE THE U.S. MILITARY
- 10% TARIFF ON TOKELAU, POPULATION ABOUT 1,500
- 50% TARIFF ON LESOTHO, THE HIGHEST RATE ON THE LIST
- EXTRA 10% ON CANADA OVER A RONALD REAGAN TV AD
- STEEL TARIFF ON CANADA DOUBLED TO 50%, THEN UN-DOUBLED THE SAME DAY
- 100% TARIFF ON ALL MOVIES MADE OUTSIDE THE U.S.
- 39% TARIFF ON SWITZERLAND
- 50% TARIFF ON BRAZIL OVER BOLSONARO'S PROSECUTION
- EXTRA 25% ON INDIA FOR BUYING RUSSIAN OIL
- 145% TARIFF ON CHINA
- ANOTHER 100% ON CHINA OVER RARE-EARTH MAGNETS
- 50% TARIFF ON THE ENTIRE EUROPEAN UNION
- 200% TARIFF ON FRENCH CHAMPAGNE AND EUROPEAN WINE
- 25% TARIFF ON COLOMBIA OVER DEPORTATION FLIGHTS
- 25% TARIFF ON ANY IPHONE NOT MADE IN AMERICA
- TARIFFS ON SPAIN FOR NOT SPENDING ENOUGH ON NATO
- EXTRA 10% ON ANY COUNTRY THAT SIDES WITH BRICS
- 100% "SECONDARY" TARIFFS UNLESS RUSSIA MAKES PEACE IN 50 DAYS
- 5% TARIFF ON MEXICO OVER RIVER WATER
- TARIFFS ON ANY COUNTRY THAT TAXES AMERICAN TECH COMPANIES
- UP TO 25% ON EIGHT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES OVER GREENLAND
- 25% TARIFF ON ANY COUNTRY THAT BUYS VENEZUELAN OIL
- 100% TARIFF ON BRAND-NAME DRUGS
- NATIONAL-SECURITY TARIFF ON KITCHEN CABINETS AND BATHROOM VANITIES
- NATIONAL-SECURITY TARIFF ON COUCHES
- 50% TARIFF ON THE ALUMINUM IN YOUR BEER CAN
- 50% TARIFF ON COPPER
- 25% TARIFF ON IMPORTED HEAVY TRUCKS, 10% ON BUSES
- UP TO 3,521% TARIFF ON SOLAR PANELS FROM CAMBODIA
- NO MORE DUTY-FREE SHIPPING FOR PACKAGES UNDER $800
- A NEW 10% GLOBAL TARIFF THE DAY AFTER THE SUPREME COURT KILLED THE OLD ONE
- 50% TARIFF ON CANADIAN CARS, DAIRY, AND BOOZE UNDER A 1930 LAW
- 200% TARIFF ON JOHN DEERE TRACTORS IF THEY MOVE PRODUCTION TO MEXICO
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