>But EU companies should be very wary of Trump tariff blackmail that forces them to build production lines in the US. That's the whole point of tariffs, to enc

>But EU companies should be very wary of Trump tariff blackmail that forces them to build production lines in the US. That's the whole point of tariffs, to encourage domestic production. Put another way, what is the difference between what you wrote and >But US companies should be very wary of EU tariff blackmail that forces them to build production lines in the EU. ? Whether a particular tariff is economically viable is a reasonable debate. Calling Trump's tariffs "blackmail" without assigning that epithet to all tariffs from whatever source is not.