A: The way 45/47 is using tariffs is bad.You are the one that seemed to have issues with my comments on how tariffs can be used or are potentially used. If you agree that they can be multifaceted, potential outcomes/responses can vary, etc. then we are in agreement there.
webkit: Tariffs can potentially be good.
A: Sure. But the way 45/47 is using tariffs is bad.
webkit: But they have been used by other people for good things like generating revenue, trade balance, and fostering US manufacturing.
A. Yep. But that's not the way they've been used by 45/47.
webkit: The can potentially be used that way.
A: Yep. But that's completely irrelevant to the point that the way 45/47 is using them are bad.
Hah! The only concessions were basically photo ops. 10K troops from Mexico moved closer to the border (Biden got 15K without threatening to blow up the North American economy) and a "fetanyl czar" (despite very little fetanyl coming in from Canada). 45/47 conceded a effort to stop the flow of US guns into the hands of Mexican cartels.At this point (and not surprising to me) the proposed tariffs against Canada and Mexico are on hold for now as the leaders of both countries have agreed to concessions. Time will tell how it all actually plays out.
Both of these things could have easily been done without threats of tariffs.