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We have imports going through the roof but still nobody would consider putting any tariffs on these products.

I seem to recall that by far the bulk of our trade defecit is due to our import of crude oil.

Do you also recommend putting a tarrif on oil imports??

[cotton1706]

No I do not. We need oil for our defense. I'm for drilling our own oil and decreasing the regulations that make oil so expensive here. Then we can sell it to our own people at a lower price than what we could import it for. This would lower the trade deficit on that score. How can forieign nations purchase our oil when we don't make much and it's too expensive.