[1rudeboy]

You asked for a "direct restriction." I gave you more than 4 billion of them.

[Beck_isright]

"You asked for a "direct restriction." I gave you more than 4 billion of them."

The response I'm sure you're referring to is #230:

"You must've forgotten that the EU was ready to slap 4.1 billion dollars in sanctions on U.S. firms in response to our 30% steel tariff. Does that count? [smirk]"

Once again, I ask the question:

What is the direct restriction on American capitalism? It is a tax. So what. It does not prevent the steel companies from operating. It does not mandate that they can not sell to other nations. You're avoidance of the answer is an illustration that you think a tariff is a government regulation which prevents the operation or creation of any company. Again, I ask, how does a tariff prevent myself, yourself or anyone else from the creation or operation of an American corporation within our own borders?