The only thing this would accomplish would be to further distance the internet-centric innovations developed here in the US from the rest of the world. Consumer

The only thing this would accomplish would be to further distance the internet-centric innovations developed here in the US from the rest of the world. Consumers in tariff enforcing territories would be at a disadvantage. Fragmentation of the internet would surely ensue. Fees would no doubt be passed along to consumers who, in some non trivial fraction, would simply not make use of new innovative services. But perhaps, obviously, this is the intended result. This is complete political buffoonery.