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At the centre Tariffs will not fix what is wrong with global trade; they are a distortionary protectionist method and they will be bad for the country imposing them. Last stated 13 Aug 2025 · a year ago Holds KJKeyu Jin Read this korrent →

• Same subject: China, tariffs Rebuilding American manufacturing is a decades-long educational and cultural project, not something tariffs can do. Last stated 25 Dec 2025 · 8 months ago Holds MHMolson Hart
• Same subject: China, tariffs Tariffs are beside the point in the energy race with China; what is actually costing America is environmental regulation, and Texas is out-deploying California ten to one because of it. Last stated 15 Aug 2025 · a year ago Holds CHCasey Handmer
• Same subject: China, tariffs The 2018 tariffs moved production to Vietnam rather than back to the United States. Last stated 6 Apr 2025 · a year ago Holds MHMolson Hart
• Same subject: China, tariffs The American trade deficit is a macroeconomic fact, not a trade one: the US saves less than it invests, so no tariff can close it. Last stated 13 Aug 2025 · a year ago Holds KJKeyu Jin
• Same subject: tariffs A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · today Holds PKPaul Krugman
• Same subject: tariffs Tariff revenue is real but far too small to make a dent in the American deficit. Last stated 24 Feb 2026 · 6 months ago Holds PKPaul Krugman
• Same subject: tariffs Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. Last stated 14 Apr 2025 · a year ago Holds JCJohn H. Cochrane
• Same subject: tariffs Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements. Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · today Holds PKPaul Krugman