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(Yes, it'll help domestic producers, while raising the costs for all consumers.)

Yes of course it will, It will be inflationary at first then prices will stabilizes as domestic producers compete with each other.

You are from the American stupid school of macro economics. EVERY OTHER COUNTRY USES TARIFFS VERY EFFECTIVELY IN THEIR FAVOR AND AGAINST THE USA. The retarded economic non thinking you consistently display is killing us.

And every other country mostly uses tariffs primarily against these US, it's not a flat tariff on all countries, per product. Sure, there's a few exceptions like French wines and whatnot, but most countries base tariffs on the trade deal with each country, not on a global flat rate. If we place a blanket tariff everywhere, what's the point of making trade deals with anyone? The tariffs are there, they're flat across the globe, so what does a trade deal really do? What country is going to give us free access to their markets, if we don't reciprocate? Sure, there's more factors involved, but tariffs per country is a major factor. They don't care about the rest of the world, they care what we do for them specifically.