On: New US Tariffs are Anti-Maker and Will Encourage O...

[justin66]

Hopefully you realize that eliminating all tariffs was never a US negotiating position, it was a random stupid thing the president said.

[xienze → justin66]

He wants reciprocity — you tariff me, I tariff you. It’s not just for grins.

Get back to the original point: why is it acceptable for other countries to levy tariffs against the US but not the other way around?

[kasey_junk → xienze]

The original point is that you are factually wrong. We already had tariffs on g7 countries.

The country we have the least trade barriers in the world is Canada. He started a trade war with them.

He ran on a platform of ending free trade agreements & protectionist policies. He’s enacting them. So it’s hard to take him serious when he suggests a free trade agreement with the g7 as a throwaway talking point.

[sveme → xienze]

But both sides already levy tariffs on the other side, just with different emphasises. Look at US truck tariffs as an example.

[s2g → xienze]

> you tariff me, I tariff you

Really, cause they described Trudeau as stabbing them in the back and said there is a special place in hell for people like him. He said Canada would respond with tariffs after Trump put in tariffs.