Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoELI5 How does a tariff against a major trading partner effect the common pleebs?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareELI5 How does a tariff against a major trading partner effect the common pleebs?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squaregenuineparts@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·23 hours agoAlso you kinda need to have those domestic companies producing Widgets. If not you are just making Widgets more expensive with no payoff.
minus-squarevvilld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoExactly! Imposing a tariff with the expectation that will cause the domestic market to just spawn a new manufacturer is even more asinine than expecting tariffs to increase already existing domestic production.
Also you kinda need to have those domestic companies producing Widgets. If not you are just making Widgets more expensive with no payoff.
Exactly! Imposing a tariff with the expectation that will cause the domestic market to just spawn a new manufacturer is even more asinine than expecting tariffs to increase already existing domestic production.