[central_va]

Tarriffs are imposed when nations engage in practices that do not practice free or fair trade practices.

Not the only reason. Tariffs protect industry, support wages and raise revenue on the back of consumers of imported goods. win-win-win.

[rlmorel]

I agree. I don’t view Tarriffs as Taxes, although many people do, and view it as a distinction without a difference.

I would disagree, as Tarriffs can be targeted. The downside is that it can spark a trade war, but good God, we are already in a one-sided trade war with Communist China in which we are playing the part of Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

And have been for years.