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Originally Posted by rsmurano
Tariffs are brilliant. Why should WE suffer from other countries putting tariffs on our products when we accept items from other countries with no tariffs? People are naive in this area. Why should our farmers, car manufacturers, lumber products, and our other manufacturers have tariffs on their products from other countries that restrict us from selling in those countries? People are so narrow minded to disregard these facts because our new tariffs might cost them a few cents while working things out.
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That exact argument is being tossed back at the US today.
It would be nice to see a table of what tariffs US products are subject to in foreign countries and compare that to the new, across-the-board 10% tariff and the paused "reciprocal" tariffs..
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works.
Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so.
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