Dr. Walter E Williams answered your question: Economic stupidity
“Out of curiosity, what’s wrong with tariffs?”
Let me see now, if tariffs aid in stopping the de-industrialization of the United States, then I am for tariffs, or whatever it takes. Now, you can argue in theory that tariffs are an inherent evil, and strike a blow for righteousness by eliminating them, but if the outcome to sustain that level of righteousness is the de-industrialization of the United States, you have forced righteousness to prevail at the cost of the destruction of the country.
So glad you pointed that out. Along with Walter Williams, people should look up Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, John Stossel and others.......
People don’t seem to realize that a tariff is just another word for TAX. It protects a small handful of jobs while penalizing every customer and many other jobs. It’s just another lever of centralized control picking winners and losers.
If we got rid of our own domestic liberalism, we wouldn’t ever need a tariff on anything for any reason.