No, not like those examples. Rather as a single component of an overall trade strategy.
A very, very important component.
Should cops be disarmed because some cops misuse their weapons? Same thing. If tariffs send candy manufacturing to Canada, then deny Canada import profits where it hurts them, cut them off on other trade deals if they take advantage of our vulnerabilities, deny them favoured trading partner status, etc. Cut off easy travel to the country, direct American tourists elsewhere. In other words, fight back systematically. Single examples of trade idiocy don’t validate a concept.
And why should any country be allowed to sell in America that doesn’t pay the same wages and follow the same regulations we do here? And why should our wages and regulations be so ridiculous that we can’t compete on the world stage? Why are countries that use virtual slave labor allowed to compete with us at all? Why are our corporations allowed to use foreign slave labor? To compete with what? The drive towards the global bottom? That’s what you see now - a false business reality created by bureaucrats and CEOs selling out to placate tyranny in other countries. This isn’t economic “reality,” it’s CREATED economics, IMPOSED economics, to achieve global totalitarian POLITICAL GOALS.
Wake up!
Grow up