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It was a surprise to me that the article claims that tariffs are only on imports. I understand that usually tariffs are imposed on imports, but aren't there als
by tgsovlerkhgsel 2y ago
It was a surprise to me that the article claims that tariffs are only on imports. I understand that usually tariffs are imposed on imports, but aren't there also cases where export is hit by a tariff, e.g. to discourage export to improve local availability or to hit a specific country with higher costs.
- mitthrowaway2 2y agoIsn't that generally called an export tax, not a tariff?
- ortusdux 2y agoShould we start calling tariffs 'import taxes'?
- daotoad 2y agoProbably. It would have made it a lot harder to sell to voters.
- dijit 2y agoYeah, that's probably smarter. Normally we presume having a proper word for a thing is more descriptive, but in this case because people aren't used to the idea: maybe being more verbose is the answer.
- addicted 2y agoLots of countries do call them import taxes, or import duties, or just duties. That’s where the term “duty free” that you see in airports comes from. But I guess until a certain influential individual started lying about tariffs, this wasn’t really necessary because no one was really confused about who paid the tariffs, because the people who knew about them clearly knew it was the importers paid for them and the people who didn’t understand how they worked had no reason to be confused because everyone who did would clearly explain that importers paid them.
- vasco 2y agoAt least in the US export tariffs are forbidden by the constitution: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S9-C5-1/ALDE_00013596/ https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S9-C5-1/...
- magicalhippo 2y agoHere in Norway there's export tariffs/duties on exactly one class of items: fish[1]. Gotta earn some bucks on that salmon going to Japan. [1]: https://www.toll.no/no/varer/fisk/eksport-av-fisk/eksportavgift/ https://www.toll.no/no/varer/fisk/eksport-av-fisk/eksportavg...