“Right now we tax exports.”
I tried googling that, and only got definitions, as if it is not self-defining. I personally never dreamed that exports would be taxed if imports are not.
If that is the case, our leaders are guilty of treason.
When we make software in the US, or autos, or anything the profitable manufacturer pays corporate taxes.
When that made in USA product is exported and sold overseas, the corporate tax is embedded in the price. Of course, when it is sold in the USA it is embedded in the price also.
But imports from China, Europe and most of the world do not have that corporate tax embedded in the price. Thus we face a double problem. We have to pay a higher price for our own product and they have to pay a price for our product.