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To: Toddsterpatriot

No I don’t.

There is no reason a US good that doesn’t directly compete against a tariffed good would go up at all.
US products with sufficient competition between US producers will not go up.
And products without sufficient competition will draw additional competitors.


67 posted on 08/30/2015 1:14:22 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN
There is no reason a US good that doesn’t directly compete against a tariffed good would go up at all.

I agree that a 25% tariff on bananas won't impact the price of corn.

US products with sufficient competition between US producers will not go up.

Isn't the entire point of the 25% tariff we're discussing to increase the price of US goods that directly compete?

And products without sufficient competition will draw additional competitors.

Yes, a 25% increase in prices tends to do that.

69 posted on 08/30/2015 2:24:47 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot ("Telling the government to lower trade barriers to zero...is government interference" central_va)
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