Maybe we can conjure up Madison, Jefferson and Washington's spirit to explain things to a Free Trade religious fanatic like you.
By the way, does China vs Japan bother you? (Hypothetically) I mean we can't go to war with China and still have their container ships mooring to US piers? Or are you that far gone...
I’d like to see you explain how adding, say, a 20% tariff to Chinese ping-pong balls will prevent a war between China and Japan.