Unfortunately this is true. Some things need to be left alone. Tariffs on items of necessity should be left alone or it is counter productive.
Look at what happened when Obama imposed the tariff on imported tires, now lower income people just trying to get to work almost have to take out a loan to buy a set of tires. They are now so expensive that folks are actually trading in their car for one with new tires rather than buy new ones for the car they have. The payments are the same $200 dollars a month and they saved the cost of a set of tires. And for some the cost of a set of tires is even more than what the car is worth.
Oh BS. Better to have a job than be on welfare driving on a new set of Khomos.