The U.S. government was funded by tariffs from its beginning up until 1913. Tariffs worked. Income and corporate taxes - FAIL!
A tariff is a tax. Used to be the main form of taxation in our country. Much better IMO than the income tax.
But tariffs are NOT an economic solution to our ailing economy. Never have been and never will be. They are a palliative measure that do not directly attack nor cure our root economic problems.