Tariffs WILL NOT hurt Americans AT ALL

First, the most important thing to remember is that all tariffs taken in, can be given back to American households, making the cost to the American people nothing. The only cost then goes to foreign producers.

Two, foreign producers have to lower their prices and absorb the tariff cost, or American people will buy the cheaper product(American goods or low tariff foreign goods). This causes the producer to lose market share. Loss of market share means loss of sales, local gdp, possibly higher input costs from buying less inputs(raw materials), less workers needed(higher unemployment), higher debt cost for the company(worst financial debt/assets/sales volume), along with less tax revenue for the foreign government.


Four main scenarios:

1. All tariffs are implemented.
~700 billion is raised and then returned to the American people(no
loss nor cost to the American people)

2. All tariffs are implemented and producers eat some, or all, of the
cost(China Trump trade war 1.0)
This leaves left over money(all money raised by tariffs minus the amount eaten by producers gets distributed to American households(no final cost to Americans) with the remainder(the amount producers ate) being free money that can used for America(pay down debt/invest in America's future/household stimulus)

3. Bigly beautiful trade deals that lead to American exports, employment, gdp growth, and additional tax revenue from gdp, employment, and additional inputs(raw materials). All of which add great growth to the economy.

4. A combination of 2 and 3(most likely).


Countries that sign deals with America First, have their markets sky rocket as the rest of the world looks for safe investment with all the world wide chaos going on.(foreign leaders have already said they want to be towards the front of the line; this is why)

This provides natural bargaining chips as counties that fight America will have their economies continue to be ruined while the rest of the world starts an epic growth cycle.

In the end, the tariffs will not hurt America, nor the American people, even in the slightest long term. They will instead add 1-2 gdp percentages to the economy, while destroying China and a few other countries.

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