[oceanview]

we already have an imported light truck tariff in the US - it has helped to, shall we say, "encourage" all these foreign auto maker truck plants to be built in the US - as opposed to having the trucks imported from Thailand, where Japan has large light truck capacity.

So tell us, who has been "crushed" by the current light truck tariff? the US consumer? the US consumer is buying light trucks in record numbers over the past decades that the tariff has been in place. New plants are being built in the US to employ americans at both the end stage and at the supplier level - and why shouldn't they be, since the market for those truck sales is right here.

so where is the evidence that the light truck tariff isn't working?

[1rudeboy]

The light truck tariff has been in effect since, what, 1980? And when did those foreigners start building truck plants here?

[Toddsterpatriot]

so where is the evidence that the light truck tariff isn't working?

I don't have any evidence anyone is being crushed. Do you?