Reducing tariffs would help both sides.
These people showing up are all political ‘hacks’...zero background in business or tariffs. They are told that US tariffs are evil...their own tariffs are good.
“Reducing tariffs would help both sides.”
True.
Tariffs are economically destructive and trade wars suck for all sides.
But you can’t always avoid war and you have to have weapons and be ready to use them. In trade wars tariffs are your best weapons - hopefully only used in self defense or as a deterrent.
If our trading partners are pointing their weapons at us, we have to whip ours out and say “If you lower your weapon, I’ll lower my weapon.”