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textThe Vatican was excluded from the tariff list and Italy is at the 20% EU rate. I hope some scheming cardinal sees the opportunity here

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[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just seems like a strange thing to exclude given that they imposed tariffs on uninhabited islands. Assume there is some ‘based tradcath’ guy behind the exclusion.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

they also sell collector's replicas in bronze and silver (which are beautiful btw), so it's unlikely lack of commerce

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago

It's because some priests selling trinkets are no threat to the US whilst the penguins are waiting in the wings to become a super power.