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LiberalFighter

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21. There is a difference between a tariff on everything vs just on Chinese steel.

Reply to former9thward (Reply #9)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 04:03 PM

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Trump considering a 10% tariff on all imports to the U.S. [View all] speak easy Apr 2024 OP

Inflation quickly multiplied by a hundred times with this plan budkin Apr 2024 #1

How can Biden do that? former9thward Apr 2024 #6

However, He Did Not Make The Silly Claim... ProfessorGAC Apr 2024 #12

What did he say would happen to prices with a tripling of steel tariffs? former9thward Apr 2024 #14

Whoosh! ProfessorGAC Apr 2024 #25

I guess the only reason we are seeing this here is... FarPoint Apr 2024 #2

What would not come into reality? former9thward Apr 2024 #7

Who pays? You pay! C_U_L8R Apr 2024 #3

Biden wants to triple tariffs. former9thward Apr 2024 #8

Tariffs have a particular purpose CelticCrow Apr 2024 #23

When US companies price things below cost Progressive dog Apr 2024 #29

There are tariffs on almost everything. former9thward Apr 2024 #32

IYu can't see va difference between Progressive dog Apr 2024 #33

You are either a free market proponent or a protectionist. former9thward Apr 2024 #35

No you don't have to be either a protectionist or proponent of free trade. Progressive dog Apr 2024 #36

I have posted the WTO sheet on U.S. tariffs at least twice in this thread. former9thward Apr 2024 #37

And who said it didn't? Progressive dog Apr 2024 #38

What is the correct tariff for products from China? former9thward Apr 2024 #39

What does that have to do Progressive dog Apr 2024 #40

Trump threatens to raise tariffs to get "favors", if countries call his bluff, poor Americans suffer the most. Freethinker65 Apr 2024 #4

Both candidates want to increase tariffs. former9thward Apr 2024 #9

This is a 10%. tariff on ALL imports speak easy Apr 2024 #11

And??? former9thward Apr 2024 #13

"Both candidates want to increase tariffs" is a both sides argument. speak easy Apr 2024 #17

I guess the poster missed that huge point. Kingofalldems Apr 2024 #18

You seem to be unaware Biden has kept Trump's tariffs on various products. former9thward Apr 2024 #19

There is a difference between a tariff on everything vs just on Chinese steel. LiberalFighter Apr 2024 #21

Biden has a tariff on almost everything. former9thward Apr 2024 #24

I wish he would hurry up and flee the country. Meadowoak Apr 2024 #5

Utterly Clueless ProfessorGAC Apr 2024 #10

A baboon flinging poo MorbidButterflyTat Apr 2024 #15

That's how he crashed the economy during his presidency Emile Apr 2024 #16

Those aren't even answers - it's just more gibberish. n/t LeftinOH Apr 2024 #20

"Because the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was soooo successful." Torchlight Apr 2024 #22

JFC, almost everything we buy is imported, including produce. no_hypocrisy Apr 2024 #26

Wonder what the Tea Partiers will think about this? After all it will mean walkingman Apr 2024 #27

they'll just blame minorities or "Rothschild bankers " MistakenLamb Apr 2024 #30

Trumponomics sop Apr 2024 #28

And we'd enter ANOTHER Trump recession sakabatou Apr 2024 #31

The cult will appreciate the new prices at Walmart dalton99a Apr 2024 #34