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Shermann

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2. There would be a sweet spot for any tariff
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 06:33 PM
Apr 2025

It needs to be high enough to protect US businesses, but low enough to generate revenue by not creating complete demand destruction of the competing imported products.

In my opinion it is more effective with industries that create raw goods like steel and less effective for products with complex supply chains like electronics. Those factories can take 8-10 years to relocate to a different country. No company wants to be the first to move so they will watch what other companies do. What the other companies will do is wait out Trump's second term. That's the real fallacy here.

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