Excuse me, but tariffs are a tax and DO force higher prices on incoming goods. If an importer is offering the best quality for the lowest price and government forces higher prices on those goods, then the government, as usual, has narrowed the best choices available to the consumer.
Trump uses it as a negotiating chip. Cruz’s tax plan calls for a tax on imports and he said it about 3 times in the debate. What’s the difference? Cruz is outright calling for it as a part of tax policy while Trump is using it as a negotiating tool
No question that tariffs raise the price of consumer goods, their very purpose as a defense for OUR economy.
And once again, free will is dismissed from the argument. The consumer desirous of the imported product has the choice of paying the higher price, seeking an alternative product, or doing without. A free local market guarantees that comparable products will be introduced at price points to satifisfy the consumer. Always has, always will.
Name one single item produced for a mass market that would be denied a spot in the market place, just one.