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To: bert

These gains are more the result of accelerating economic activity across the board. Isolating the benefit/cost of the tariffs is a tricky business. My guess is that the costs are overwhelmed by improved business conditions which allow costs to be passed along.

Trump is using the tariff as a political weapon to counter political forces.


13 posted on 11/16/2018 2:09:43 PM PST by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: arrogantsob

These gains are more the result of accelerating economic activity across the board.
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The Trump imposed tariffs have made material needed for these products cheaper if bought here rather than imported. This means no matter what the state of the economy here whatever is produced here will be less expensive then it would have been without tariffs.


19 posted on 11/17/2018 6:19:28 AM PST by billyboy15 (Es)
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