Wait aren’t you the guy that said domestically there is no competition possible? That tariffs would just raise prices and domestic manufactures would simply collude with each other in price fixing? You are very inconsistent. I thought true competition came from across borders, domestically not so much. So which is it?
I said in one thread - which I'm pleased you've read - that businesses behind a tariff-wall face reduced competition.
In that thread I wrote that
"Reduced competition is fine for peewee hockey, women'a football and the Special Olympics. But those are sports: it's not something to base your economy on."
In this thread I've put before you the example of two US states who compete solely on how free they are. No tariffs are involved. They both have huge shale gas deposits.
One has less tax and less regulation, the other has more. So why is Texas eating California's lunch, if tax and regulatory burdens make no difference?