Tariffs aren't paid by the other country, they're paid by your own people who are buying stuff from the other country This isn't one of those economist quibbles about "passing the cost along", this is literally how a tariff works -- it's a tax on the importerhttps://twitter.com/damianpaletta/status/1255990188804841472 …
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I suppose they could argue that importers should just eat the cost. Then, over time, they would be incentivized to switch to other sources. But this is like "punishing" someone by tossing them a hot potato like they'll just hold onto it
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Yes, this is what you do when the purpose of a tariff is to "grow American business" over the long term, sure
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