[dfee]

Americans will rightly be suspicious when a think tank in Germany writes about tariff relief that benefits them. Of course, we should all be critical always – that's the first word in the term "critical thinking".

[uniqueuid]

Nitpick: The Kiel Institute is not a think tank in the sense that people would understand the word.

It is a federally funded research organization (part of the family of Leibniz institutes) similar to a university but without teaching. Here's a list of the others [1].

These are independent, high-quality research institutions without political money or a designated political agenda.

[1] https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/institutes/leibniz-in...

[lingrush4]

The fact that they don't have an agenda written into their charter doesn't mean they don't have an agenda. Basically every American news organization is an example of this.

[nomercy400]

In contrast to what other country?

If a think tank from a non-tariffed country would write this piece, they risk getting tariffs tomorrow.

And would Americans trust a (US) think tank in the juristiction of the US government right now?

[virtualritz]

LGTM [1]

What source would you trust on this matter? Or rather: who has published something we could look at that contrasts these findings?

[1] https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/kiel-institute-for-the-world-...

[dfee]

You misunderstand me. I'm not saying that the Kiel Institute shouldn't be trusted, but there will appropriately be greater scrutiny applied due to its location.

Which sources would I trust? I feel it's important to read broadly, and (on a long scale) improve your ability to discount biases. To that end, I'm not recommending anything, but everything in proportion.

[lobsterthief]

As an American, I wasn’t suspicious at all. I don’t know anyone personally who I think would be, either.

Your comment serves nothing but to suggest anew that Americans _should_ be suspicious. Either that was your aim to begin with or you’re okay with that result.

[stavros]

I find this comment suspicious, and rightly so: We should be critical of it.

[dfee]

You should! Think critically about everything, friend!

[nosianu]

For the sake of quality of discussion, you should least least attempt to write something about the actual study, instead of basing your argument completely on superficial information outside said study.

If you add that information, if you really think it adds any value, after discussing what's actually in the study the comment would be sooo much better.