Trump was forced to play hardball and literally tell those who had been screwing us for years that if they wanted to sell anything to us there was now a price. ,p> In many cases the tariffs became pretty equal on both sides. Trump has never wanted anything but "a fair game." Whether its deciding the vote or tariffs. He's looking for fairness and tired of our side getting screwed.
Once again we are lucky to have him.
“VIn many cases other coutries had been screwing the US over and over on excess tariffs to protect their goods. The minute we do it they were all upset.”
MMM. not quite. When US companies off shored manufacturing they had to import to outsourced items back into the USA and since American manufacturing can’t replace the items with something American made, they are forced to pay more for the re-imported items that they need, many of which are made in other countries by American companies. The effects of Tariffs and who pays them are well known since tariffs didn’t just fall off the turnip truck yesterday and are some new thing. they fell into disuse for a good reason.