> ...and Adam Smith was opposed to tariffs, because they distort the market, the same reason I’m opposed to them.
There’s no way to an undistorted market BUT through the imposition of reciprocal tariffs, and a later reciprocal agreement to remove them.
There is simply zero reciprocity in our trade agreements today and that lets foreign powers, including hostile ones, strip mine our economy for their own benefit and Americans’ detriment.
That is what tariffs are going to put an end to.
If you genuinely support free markets, you’re all but obligated to support reciprocal tariffs as the only reasonable path to get to a free market.
I believe I have posted multiple times that I am in favor of temporary tariffs to reset trade imbalances.