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Re:U.S. expected to impose up to $60B in China tariffs by Fr... by dragonwriter on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @01:27PM (#16630635)
> US historically had very high tariffs.

And...so?

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Re:U.S. expected to impose up to $60B in China tariffs by Fr... by ksk on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @02:44PM (#16631350)
Calling them a stupid idea that "would just kill the economy" is a rather unsophisticated way of looking at it. But I don't know, maybe you have a well researched opinion and are knowledgeable on this topic. We shall see !
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Re:U.S. expected to impose up to $60B in China tariffs by Fr... by setr on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @07:46PM (#16633910)
As I understood it, he's not calling tariffs stupid; he's calling an attempt to offset losses from tax refuction by imposing tariffs stupid.

Presumably, historical US was not implementing tariffs with this reason in mind.

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