| ▲ | bruce511 4 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
No sure why you are being down-voted. Your argument is coherent and correct. Targeted tariffs on specific goods leads to the development of local production of that good. Lots and lots of countries have these in place. Blanket tariffs are, of course, useless. The US doesn't have the climate to grown coffee, so tarifing Brazil serves no purpose other than taxing coffee consumption. A surgeon uses a scalpel, not an axe. Used well, tariffs are a very powerful tool. Used badly they create more harm, and don't achieve the goal of promoting local production. Tariffs which are here today, but gone tomorrow, don't created the stable environment which long-term investment in local production requires. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | rootusrootus 4 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> The US doesn't have the climate to grown coffee Well, Hawaii does, but your point is good, thank you. | |||||||||||||||||
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