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Isn't that exactly the point of tariffs? To decrease import volumes so local industry can fill the gap and compete?
by stavros 10mo ago
Isn't that exactly the point of tariffs? To decrease import volumes so local industry can fill the gap and compete?
- rjrjrjrj 10mo agoNot so much compete as being protected from having to compete.
- nathan_compton 10mo agoTalking about competition between places with good labor standards and environmental regulation and places without those things is bullshit. I would be 100% pro free trade between nations with identical labor rights and environmental protections, but that really isn't what free trade is about, is it?
- rjrjrjrj 10mo agoThe EU and Canada have better labor standards and environmental regulation than the US. Perhaps the US should charge them negative tariffs until it gets up to snuff.