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• elil17 4y ago
  I would say the real reason is that it's pretty impractical to limit it to just Americans given that we don't have any sort of national e-identity.
  • stjohnswarts 4y ago
    we do through the international patent system. We should get money back for our tax dollars, simple as that. We could work it into international patents. I know some countries ignore those, but we can make them pay in other ways like tariffs and treaties.
    • bruce511 4y ago
      Not to be that guy, but other countries don't pay tarrifs, Americans do. The tarrif is levied on the importer, who then passes that cost on to the consumer. The tarrif is not paid by the exporter. The goal of a tariff is to _increase_ the customer price for some good locally, and thus make a local (more expensive) good more compeditive. A foreign country may experience lower demand for their product, but its not like they "pay any money". Yes, lower demand may lead to a lower price, or it may mean they export to other countries instead.