re: Trump's section 301 tariffs were successful. The data proves it.

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The exporter

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You, the American consumer do.

In economic terms. Trump penalized the average American worker for wrongthink.

Tariffs are a penalty for you not using overpriced, overregulated American products.

China's growing anti-business sentiment is part of it.

The tariffs were never needed, China was losing mfg already.

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Other countries are seizing this opportunity to gain share in the world's manufacturing efforts. Some of the countries that are becoming popular destinations for companies that are moving manufacturing out of China include Vietnam, India, Mexico, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. These countries offer lower labor costs, a more stable political environment, and closer proximity to major markets.

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When you crush China, a new one will rise up. We are overpriced for our own consumers.

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The tariffs actually drive import prices down.

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Shooting people in the head is actually good for their health.

Playing craps is the best way to ensure your financial stability.

Snow skiing blindfolded is safer.

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Do you understand the technical aspects of American steel and aluminum versus Chinese steel and aluminum...heck even Japanese or South Korean versus Chinese?

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\Very much so. I was in the steel industry. Estimated, project management. Did field work with engineers and architects, created shop and erection drawings, wrote tech specs.....

Fairgrounds Field in Shreveport was one of my big boondoggles.

I wish you were as emotional about income taxes as you are about tariffs. Income taxes are FAR MORE insidious than tariffs. It's not even close. Income taxes are the fundamental basis for the debt based economy and MMT that you despise so much. Without income taxes the Federal Reserve in coordination of congress cannot operate MMT.

In terms of tax revenue by type tariffs are not even a blip on the federal government tax revenue radar. They are miniscule.

in b4 IBFreeman

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He was melting about the Trump tax cuts yesterday actually haha

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Not at all. I pointed out he offset the cuts with spending, which made them worthless.

You;ll pay that back, if you havent already.

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You are being talked to at a level you can understand

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Probably. but I usually understand Children very well, being a former teacher.

Try using more adult language.

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Did you read the article?

The price difference wasn't due to tariffs. It was due to currency fluctuations. The article tries to assume this was due to tariffs, but (1) it doesn't really support this argument with data and (2) actually argues against this point implicitly.

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Donald Trump’s tariffs were targeted to specific sectors of imported products. [Steel, Aluminum, and a host of smaller sectors etc.] However, when the EU and China responded by devaluing their currency, that approach hit all products imported, not just the tariff goods.

Because the EU and China were driving up the value of the dollar, everything we were importing became cheaper. Not just imports from Europe and China, but actually imports from everywhere. All imports were entering the U.S. at substantially lower prices.

This meant when we imported products, we were also importing deflation.


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Our own analysis

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So...... According to YOUR analysis, the data doesn't support their claim.
Thanks for your offer, but no thanks, I'll stick with the CTH analysis.

Today on the Poli Board I learned that taxes are good from these independent reviewers of Trump's economic policies: