They're not going to bring back manufacturing jobs to the U.S. -- those were lost mostly to automation. Their effect is as regressive as sales tax. When it comes to ways to raise revenue, tariffs are the worst choice on the menu.
And they're disrupting supply chains nobody even noticed before. It just never occurred to Trump that a tax that makes it unprofitable for anyone to export left-handed blivet widgets to the U.S. would have disastrous follow-on effects.
And they're disrupting supply chains nobody even noticed before. It just never occurred to Trump that a tax that makes it unprofitable for anyone to export left-handed blivet widgets to the U.S. would have disastrous follow-on effects.
