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America needs no other country except in the short term. We can (given time and desire) produce anything that is needed. Why wouldn't we request that tariffs ar
by johng 1y ago
America needs no other country except in the short term. We can (given time and desire) produce anything that is needed. Why wouldn't we request that tariffs are fair in both directions?
- cwillu 1y ago“Fair in both direction”? Remind me, who negotiated the USMCA again? Some president starting with T… Truman? Thomas? No, I remember, it was Trump!
- magicalhippo 1y ago> Why wouldn't we request that tariffs are fair in both directions? What's your measure of fair here? If country A imports $X from US, and US imports $Y from country A, which import tariff rates are fair in country A and in the US? Just asking since Norway just got hit with a 15% tariff rate, and we're importing way more from the US than the US imports from Norway, and with a few specific exceptions we have no import tariffs here.
- wkat4242 1y agoYeah it's so weird. Trump claims it's because of unbalanced trade but if the balance is in his favour it's still not good??
- FranzFerdiNaN 1y agoWhy would you 'request' tariffs, that are being paid by American citizens?
- Dig1t 1y agoAll corporate taxes are passed onto customers, you are just arguing against all corporate taxes. Taxes will fund the roads and Medicare/Medicaid. Don’t you want the ultra wealthy mega corps to pay their fair share?
- rsynnott 1y agoAh, the North Korea approach. Autarky always works out great.
- willhslade 1y agoI'm not trying to start a fight here but nobody wants to farm coffee beans or bananas in the USA and Canada does supply a lot of potash.