Re:New US Tariffs are Anti-Maker and Will Encourage Offshoring
by dalbasal on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @10:13AM
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I don't think we disagree, necessarily.
I don't have strong opinions about trade barriers, but I generally fall on the "no barriers" side.
That said, implementation matters. Badly implemented barrier reduction policies will be worse than well implemented barrier raising policies. Policies are like everything else, in this respect. We just get more list in the high falutin debate more often, when it comes to politics.
I'm arguing that if trade barriers are going up, tariffs are the better implementation.
I don't have strong opinions about trade barriers, but I generally fall on the "no barriers" side.
That said, implementation matters. Badly implemented barrier reduction policies will be worse than well implemented barrier raising policies. Policies are like everything else, in this respect. We just get more list in the high falutin debate more often, when it comes to politics.
I'm arguing that if trade barriers are going up, tariffs are the better implementation.