It's a larger tax on Canada, Mexico and China than it is the US consumer. Well informed people understand trade is not uniform.
Fwiw taxation is theft, tariffs are just theft from other countries.
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the exporter country doesn't even paid a penny.
it causes a cost on them, but not in having to pay the US, but in potential lower exports thus lower income.
if your goal is to hurt a trade channel it works, but it can be a double edge sword
it doesn't even "help" the local production, it just gives them a subsidy by hurting their competitors. But once there's no competitor why wouldn't they just charge more?
it can work, but ppl should be aware that tariff are just an increase in Sale Tax that apply to goods base on where they come from instead of what type of good it's.