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It's not ok when we do it because we, the American taxpayer, are the world's piggy bank.

That’s how you actually force free trade.

All things being equal maybe, but people want American things more than we want their things.

Not quite - it'll still cost more to export or import regardless.

The idea is it discourages foreign markets from interfering by making it costly to participate. The winner of a trade war is the country with the...

I think the different economy sizes create a difference. 25% of 10 million, versus 25% of 1 million.

Sure and then countries have to rely on their own capabilities. Give that one a big thunk

Essentially yes, but the point of tariffs isn't actually to make money for the nation using them. It's to entice industry into building and...

No, because not every country produces proportional amounts of the same stuff so prices will be higher and lower in various sectors depending on...