“Your last comment is just a Straw Man not a relevant or intelligent one.”
Given your concession that Smithsonian Free Trade has never been accomplished, I assert my last comment is the ONLY relevant or intelligent commentary on this subject.
So, I’ll post it again for your edification:
“And if folks want to take down all defenses to all the other Mercantilists, they are just stupid, or suicidal, or both.”
Trade barriers reduce income and people’s economic well-being. There are no arguments that show trade barriers produce net positive economic results only political ones.
Tariffs are such a give-away to big government it is difficult to understand its popularity.
Do you really want the government to tell you what price you have to pay for a new car?