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We read the documents everyone else summarises.

Most coverage stops at the announcement. A government says it has signed something, a company issues a release, a leader posts a number, and the story gets written from the press release. The interesting part is almost always in the filing underneath it: the exemption list, the ratification status, the footnote about who actually pays.

That is where we start. Federal registers, statistical releases, trade agreement texts, corporate disclosures, court rulings. We chase the figures nobody quotes and check the ones everybody does.

Sometimes that means a story looks smaller than the headline suggested. Sometimes it means the opposite, and a number buried on page eleven turns out to be the whole thing.

When we get something wrong, we say so.

@fastepo2026
US tariffs are back at 1932 levels—here’s what happened the last time For most of American history, tariffs funded the government. Then Smoot-Hawley helped deepen the Great Depression, prompting Washington to shift tariff power toward the presidency. Today, U.S. tariffs have returned to levels not seen since 1932, while studies find American consumers and businesses bear most of the cost. The policy that once built America—and nearly broke global trade—is back. #trumpcanada #canadanews #tariffs #trumptariffs
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