If other Countries are allowed to use Tariffs against us, and we’re not allowed to counter them, quickly and nimbly, with Tariff

How to tell us you don't have a grasp of macroeconomics without saying, "I don't have a grasp of macroeconomics."

In Grownupland, such "intuitively obvious" and "common sense" positions rarely reflect reality. Is there a place for tariffs? Sure, thoughtful and targeted tariffs, especially against specific products that are subsidized by foreign governments.

But those foreign governments, in any case, rarely levy snap tariffs on American products, capriciously and arbitrarily imposed just because--and even more rarely do they move them up or down from day to day.

Your talk of countering tariffs "quickly and nimbly" actually just means letting a POTUS do whatever TF s/he wants, whenever s/he wants, without notice. Yeah, that's illegal in this country, and for good reason.

Of course we're allowed to use tariffs. It says so, right there in the Constitution. Congress can impose them whenever it wants. Did you skip civics or something?

The Tariffs, and Tariffs alone, created this vast wealth for our Country. Then we switched over to Income Tax. We were never so wealthy as during this period. Tariffs will pay off our debt and, MAKE AMERICA WEALTHY AGAIN!

Countries don’t impose tariffs on other countries, they impose them on their own domestic purchasers from foreign countries.

What was nimble about “liberation day”?

The argument that 1870s to 1915 is the most fertile era for technological devolpment is ridiculous. We live in the most fertile time of devolpment. Especially the late 90s to now. The devolpment of certain software and the computer is by far the greatest technological and scientific devolpment in history. One of the biggest motivators of such was the collaboration and importation of talent to the US.

Also the country was in by far the best spot globally from post ww2 to around 2000. We were still an emerging power leading up to WW1.

If another country uses tarriffs it's a local tax and hurts their local businesses and local people.

Only a stupid ass retarded right wing crack pot doesn't know tjat.

Next week’s Case on Tariffs is one of the most important in the History of the Country. If a President is not allowed to use Tariffs, we will be at a major disadvantage against all other Countries throughout the World, especially the “Majors.” In a true sense, we would be defenseless! Tariffs have brought us Great Wealth and National Security in the nine months that I have had the Honor to serve as President. The Stock Market has hit All Time Highs many times during my short time in Office, with virtually No Inflation, and National Security that is second to none. Our recent successful negotiation with China, and many others, put us in a strong position only because we had Tariffs with which to negotiate fair and sustainable Deals. If a President was not able to quickly and nimbly use the power of Tariffs, we would be defenseless, leading perhaps even to the ruination of our Nation. The only people fighting us are Foreign Countries who for years have taken advantage of us, those who hate our Country and, the Democrats, because our numbers are insurmountably good. I will not be going to the Court on Wednesday in that I do not want to distract from the importance of this Decision. It will be, in my opinion, one of the most important and consequential Decisions ever made by the United States Supreme Court. If we win, we will be the Richest, Most Secure Country anywhere in the World, BY FAR. If we lose, our Country could be reduced to almost Third World status — Pray to God that that doesn’t happen!

US is a consumption based economy. We are the ones that buy everything. Other countries produce products, we produce social platforms and search algorithms. Are they going to put a tariff on google searches and insta posts...

the way tariffs work is that any country can simply decide to impose whatever level of tariff it chooses. There is a recourse in the international courts but there are also ways a country can do an end run by claiming "national security" requires the protection of some domestic industry like steel making. The initial noise about the US being taken advantage of by other countries had to do with the other countries tariff rate vs. the US tariff rate and countries like Japan that impose non-tariff barriers to trade. What's happened in recent months is that US trade policy is attempting to address things like a former Brazilian leader's legal prosecution or alleged failure to prevent illegal drug drugs.

On basically every issue these days, Right wingers will claim that them not getting what they want will lead to total civilizational/economic collapse. It's getting very old.

Tomorrow’s United States Supreme Court case is, literally, LIFE OR DEATH for our Country. With a Victory, we have tremendous, but fair, Financial and National Security. Without it, we are virtually defenseless against other Countries who have, for years, taken advantage of us. Our Stock Market is consistently hitting Record Highs, and our Country has never been more respected than it is right now. A big part of this is the Economic Security created by Tariffs, and the Deals that we have negotiated because of them. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

lol, you mean the end of democracy, right? Or the loss of late term abortions? Or lack of rights for trans in womens sports? The pot calling the kettle black again?

True. It’s just that certain ‘Merchants’, middlemen, want to have their cake and eat it too while looting the US, trying to ruin it, before they pack up and run somewhere else - that’s their goal. Always has been.

What a bunch of BS.
Tariffs are taxes on Americans especially on the not so well off ones.

Tarriffs are LOCAL Taxes paid by the importer are not by the exporter. The import comsumer ends up paying the tax to the LOCAL government. The exporter and export goverment is not involved.

What we should have instead are export shipping licence fees paid at the shipping port by the exporter.

What do independent economists say?

Much of this tariff nonsense was debunked a century ago, based on bad experience.

Strategic tariffs may win small battles, but no one wins a trade war. Reagan knew that, and domestic productivity, and America's wealth, has doubled since Reagan.

Tariffs are a domestic import tax on American businesses and sales tax on American consumers. This internal transfer from Americans to Americans will not make Americans richer.

Long term effects will not bring American factories back, as they will still need to import raw goods and equipment, and small businesses will close and Americans will lose jobs, because of tariffs, while American consumers will pay higher prices for many goods, assuming they are even available.

The procedure would be the US import license would be purchased by the foreign exporter I guess that would use a website and accept Swift, CIFS, BTC, Digital Yuan, etc.

Just like an airline ticket, passport, and visa. A manifest is provided and the fees assessed by US Customs, paid by the foreign exporter. It's a tax on the foreign company,and not a tax on US importers nor US consumers.

The problem is reciprocity. Foreign countries would do likewise and tax US exports at the port of shipment.

Also foreign countries could assess and extract an export tax on internal firms per export shipment of natural resources, manufactuered goods, etc.