Mr Trump, Tear Down These Trade Barriers
American tariffs are just taxes on Americans, and its the American consumer who will suffer most.
American tariffs are just taxes on Americans, and its the American consumer who will suffer most.
Why attack the most vulnerable in our society, who benefit enormously from inexpensive imported retail goods?
The Constitutional ban on export duties has always been a hollow victory. Export tariffs are analytically equivalent to import tariffs.
Business owners understand that the key to prosperity is to reduce costs and deliver more goods to the customer. Wage workers, however, often want higher prices in order to "protect" their jobs.
Trump’s trade war is not about about being patriotic or protecting American businesses. It is about politics and bad economics.