@ISIDEWITHQuestionseconomyStarted 6yrs agoActive 1wk ago

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

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

25%
Yes
75%
No
19%
Yes
58%
No
4%
Yes, this will help create and save more jobs
12%
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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 @9BR4J8Canswered…12mos12MO

Not enough knowledge on the subject

 @9B8JXX8answered…1yr1Y

Depends upon the country. Flagrant abusers of human rights (China, Saudi Arabia etc) should have high tariffs placed upon them

 @9B84XHJanswered…1yr1Y

We should only trade for conquest or to aid Monarchist/Fascist fighters or to create a peace agreement.

 @9B535MJanswered…1yr1Y

Yes on certain products

 @962KL2Y from GU answered…1yr1Y

Yes, but only for critical industries absolutely necessary for national security

 @9B3DHLPanswered…1yr1Y

If used amd related to manufacturing then no, but if for direct sale, ie, electrical import goods then yes

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 @ForsakenT4riff from North Carolina submitted…2mos2MO

Mexico Is Helping China Win The Trade War Against U.S.

To circumvent tariffs imposed on its exports to the United States, China is increasing its use of Mexico as a conduit. Beijing’s particular focus is on its automobile export market.Its motive isn’t complicated. Cars and car parts imported from Mexico face tariffs of 0%-6%. Meanwhile, cars and car parts imported directly from China pay 25%.As China struggles to boost economic growth, a strategic priority for Xi Jinping’s Communist Party, tariff evasion makes good sense. But from America’s perspective, it should be unacceptable. The U.S. should force Mexico to ensure it is not helping China undermine U.S. tariffs.The U.S. import market is too important to Mexico for President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to ignore. According to the World Bank, U.S.-destined exports account for 78% of Mexico’s export market. Even a small reduction would cause significant harm to Mexico’s economy. While Obrador’s preferred candidate is leading in the polls for the June presidential election, economic strife with the U.S. might threaten this lead.The U.S. could warn Mexico that unless it introduces legislation to ensure Chinese conformity with U.S. tariff payments, Washington will slap tariffs on one or more of the big three Mexico-to-U.S. export sectors. These are the automobile, machinery, and electrical equipment sectors. Exports approach 45% of Mexico’s total gross domestic product. The country could not easily tolerate even moderate U.S. tariff actions.Chinese-manufactured cars are not as problematic as the fentanyl that China floods across the U.S.-Mexico border, but they do represent a deliberate effort to damage American prosperity. They are central to Xi’s effort to destroy the U.S. automobile industry by flooding the marketplace with cheaper Chinese cars. Xi is applying the same strategy toward the European Union, earning rare ire from Sino-friendly French President Emmanuel Macron.China’s cars are cheaper for two reasons. First, union domination of U.S. and European automakers makes them inefficient. Unions divert resources from productive enterprises toward unsustainable salaries and pensions. Second, China blatantly subsidizes its automakers, making a mockery of World Trade Organization rules. These subsidies prompted the Trump administration to impose tariffs on China in the first place.This isn’t ultimately about Mexico, of course. The U.S. should seek mutually productive economic relations with Mexico. Benefitting from its trade with the U.S., Mexico has been able to develop its economy, improve the lives of its people, and reduce Mexican-origin immigrant pressure on the U.S. border. All of these things are positive. We should hope trade with Mexico grows. What is not positive is China’s manipulation of Mexico to serve its own ends. Obrador and his government must be made to understand that the U.S. will not allow Beijing’s deceptions to continue, and Washington will take all necessary action to ensure they are ended

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