You and I have been down that road before. You might remember that I rejected tariffs in favor of reducing the punitive level of business taxes and the overburden of regulations in this country.
In my view, those things are the primary drivers of businesses leaving these shores to begin with. It stands to reason that American manufacturing companies were enticed to relocate their operations to countries with lower business taxes, fewer regulations, and lower labor costs. The business of business is to maximize profits, and you can't argue with the simple arithmetic of the thing.
American manufacturing businesses would be only too happy to relocate their operations to these shores if our government reduced taxes and regulations to a threshold that made America a more attractive place to do business than foreign countries.
In my view, those are the things to push for - not a punitive tariff on imported goods. Imposing a tariff on those goods without also lowering business taxes and regulations would likely cause most overseas companies to quit the U.S. altogether.
Well I think it is time for them.
Gotta go, have a good one.