• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It hurts them because imports will fall and that’s how they make money.

    It will just hurt Americans far more.

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      2 months ago

      I suppose if the product in unnecessary, that would make sense. Required imports would stay selling at same prices until manufacturing plants elsewhere could be built for cheap enough to not just pay the tariffs. : /

      Nothing except market manipulation