It is March and the lovely EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "machine".
Oh no! The USA clown President Trump (egged on by his buffoonish adviser Elon Musk) keeps imposing tariffs on goods. Thus, if you want to buy various imported goods in the future, you'll have to pay high taxes on them. In theory, this could work out okay; it might encourage local manufacture of important items. In practice, we have bozos setting tariffs randomly. This annoys foreign nations; it annoys Americans who don't want to spend an extra $1072 per year in taxes. "Elect a clown, expect a circus" is a funny saying, but it's less funny when you're living in that circus.
I listed some of the top categories of US imports below. I also researched the nations that are the top exporters of those categories (not necessarily to the US; alas, I didn't find any info that fine-grained). For our major imports, this turned out to be just three countries. For each import, can you figure out which country is the main exporter? If you can, write the short 💰💰💰 code in the blanks, like I wrote in CNY (China) by Industrial machines. Get them all right, and the circled letters should spell out a better word for 💰💰💰 here:
| â’¸N Y | Industrial machines |
| _â—¯_ | Pharmaceutical preparations |
| _ _â—¯ | Passenger cars, new and used |
| _â—¯ | Crude oil |
| â—¯_ _ | Other parts and accessories of vehicles |
| _â—¯_ | Apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotton |
| â—¯_ _ | Telecommunications equipment |
| _ _â—¯ | Computer accessories |
List of nations (and their 💰💰💰) useful in this puzzle:
| Nation | 💰💰💰 |
|---|---|
| China | CNY |
| Germany | EUR |
| Saudi Arabia | SR |
Some hints, rot-13'd:
- Vg'f zbfgyl Puvan. Jura va qbhog, thrff PAL naq pyrna hc jebat thrffrf yngre
- Treznal vf pnef gub
- Treznal vf nyfb qehtf
Puzzle solution, rot-13'd:
p / PAL / Puvan / vaqhfgevny znpuvarf h / RHE / Treznal / cuneznprhgvpny cercnengvbaf e / RHE / Treznal / cnffratre pnef, arj naq hfrq e / FE / Fnhqv Nenovn / pehqr bvy r / RHE / Treznal / bgure cnegf naq npprffbevrf bs iruvpyrf a / PAL / Puvan / nccnery, grkgvyrf, abajbby be pbggba p / PAL / Puvan / gryrpbzzhavpngvbaf rdhvczrag l / PAL / Puvan / pbzchgre npprffbevrf
