[gogeo]

I'm not against tariffs. I support their tactical use, not across the board on a permanent basis. I support them for national security purposes, or as a response to market disruptions as part of an overall strategy.

One lesson the Coronavirus drove home is that we can't rely upon foreign supply for medicine and medical supplies, and we shouldn't rely upon the ChiComs for anything. Not a tariff issue.

If a foreign company/country commits an act that would violate antitrust law, if done by a domestic company (such as dumping, or buying a competitor) tariffs may be the only way to practically address the issue.

Open, free, fair trade is preferable in all cases, if possible. Other than the exceptions I listed, I only support tariffs to get us to that ideal.

[central_va]

Open, free, fair trade is preferable in all cases, if possible.

Pfft. Hopefully, when globalist like you die off the USA can get back to self sufficiency ASAP. But it looks like for the foreseeable future the GOP is in the hands of a tiny minority of radical greedy free traders. BTW IMO free traders are not patriots. To be a patriot you must be a nationalist. To be a Nationalist you must be for protective import tariffs and against offshoring of any kind.