> To my extremely simplistic view: * If I live in country A * My government imposes taxes/tariffs on goods imported from country B = MY cost to purchase said th

> To my extremely simplistic view: * If I live in country A * My government imposes taxes/tariffs on goods imported from country B = MY cost to purchase said things I want just went up. Please correct me if I my own simplistic view is incorrect, but is that not the reason why foreign product costs are so high in Australia as well?