> The goal of the tariffs is to improve the bargaining position of America in getting better trade deals with China... not to move manufacturing back to the US.

> The goal of the tariffs is to improve the bargaining position of America in getting better trade deals with China... not to move manufacturing back to the US. Alternatively, to decouple US and Chinese trade as China is a major strategic rival to the US. > That might be what’s fed to the average Joe the plumber Trump supporter but common sense easily precludes that motivation. Perhaps one should avoid thinly veiled political insults. Particularly as it blinds one to alternative possibilities.