re: Do you think it is fair that Chinese automakers can use Mexico to ship cars tax free?

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For example when Trump put tariffs on steel and aluminum the Chinese responded with currency manipulation which lowered the the price of Chinese imports. (Yuan money printing made the dollar stronger.)

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Actually, China added additional tariffs. The retaliatory tariff on US cotton was 25%. As I recall, most of the Chinese tariffs were directed at the American farmer (who protested at the time).

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The are a tool to get us to the fairest and freest trade possible.

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Again, tariffs are not fair. They are not free. The inefficiencies of tariffs hurt both countries.
Why ignore hundreds of years of obvious flaws with import tariffs?
Honestly. This is settled fact by now.