I don't like trade with no tarrifs; for a powerhouse its like running a half full bathtub with the drain open and expecting it to fill. It doesn't; eventually it becomes empty. America is slowly losing its edge while her competitors advance on us.
But lawyers make the cost of business way to high. That drives up costs and prices.
The only thing that's empty here is your knowledge regarding the consequences of what a tariff does. Are you aware of what deadweight losses are? The net effects of a tariff are losses - however, because the small positive effects of one are more visible, they are politically expedient in protecting some domestic people (at a very costly expense to the others - in the aggregate) for a short period of time until the inevitable happens in the long-run anyway.
Didn't Shakespeare say something to the effect: "The first thing we do is kill all the lawyers!"