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Should the government add or increase tariffs on products imported into the country?

A tariff is a tax on imports or exports between countries.

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75%
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19%
Yes
59%
No
3%
Yes, this will help create and save more jobs
11%
No, a global free trade system is better for our businesses and consumers
2%
Yes, our country has been on the losing side of trade deals for too long
5%
No, this will hurt our manufacturing businesses that rely on importing cheap resources to make their products

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 @9R2ZKSBanswered…5mos5MO

No, simply adding new or increasing existing tariffs seems a poor way of balancing things. It may be better to look at the manor of import, amount, type, distance travelled, native product, etc and then account for these factors with a heavier tariff for smaller, luxury imports vs a lighter tariff for bulk, essential imports.

 @9QGG9R5answered…6mos6MO

We shouldn't be able to buy dirt cheap stuff from overseas on sites such as Temu and Shein. We should support UK businesses by making them more affordable.

 @9Q6R8ZZanswered…6mos6MO

yes for products than are not essensial to us, but not for products we have a compartitive advantage in, lack of competion makes results in poor quality products due to lack of competition and impeads our exports to thoughs counteries who then put up retaliatory tariffs, we should focus on reacherch and development

 @9Q2JK9G answered…6mos6MO

Add tariffs for authoritarian countries to encourage derisking and trading with countries of similar ideals

 @9PGCXYYanswered…6mos6MO

The ethical quality of goods needs to be considered so products that are green or slavery free would have a lower tariff. Unethical goods should be banned or restricted

 @9PD4NSYanswered…6mos6MO

Yes where there is an unfair disadvantage for instance where countries do not operate the same work conditions etc

 @9PQWDD2answered…6mos6MO

No, but imports should have to meet the same standards as domestic produce to avoid UK businesses being undercut.

 @9P4KS2Ranswered…6mos6MO

Some tariffs should be implemented to protect UK industry where necessary, but for items we have to import there should not be tariffs

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…3wks3W

Mexican Shuts Down 2 Migrant Caravans After Trump Threat

Mexican immigration authorities have broken up two small migrant caravans headed to the U.S. border, activists said Saturday.Some migrants were bused to cities in southern Mexico, and others were offered transit papers.The action comes a week after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to slap 25% tariffs on Mexican products unless the country does more to stem the flow of migrants to the U.S. border.On Wednesday, Trump wrote that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had agreed to stop unauthorized migration across the border into the United States. Sheinbaum wrote on her social media accounts the same day that “migrants and caravans are taken care of before they reach the border.”Migrant rights activist Luis García Villagrán said the breaking-up of the two caravans appeared to be part of “an agreement between the president of Mexico and the president of the United States.”The first of the caravans started out from the southern Mexico city of Tapachula, near the border with Guatemala, on Nov. 5, the day Trump was elected. At its height it had about 2,500 people. In almost four weeks of walking, it had gone about 270 miles (430 kilometers) to Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca.In Tehuantepec, Mexican immigration officials offered the tired migrants free bus rides to other cities in southern or central Mexico.“They took some of us to Acapulco, others to Morelia, and others from our group to Oaxaca city,” said Bárbara Rodríguez, an opposition supporter who left her native Venezuela after that country's contested presidential elections earlier this year.Rodríguez said by telephone she later caught a bus on her own to Mexico City.In a statement Saturday, the National Immigration Institute said the migrants voluntary accepted bus rides “to various areas where there is medical assistance and where their migratory status will be reviewed,” and said “upon accepting (the rides), they said they no longer wanted to face the risks along their way.”

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