Trump continues to back aluminum and steel tariffs despite Republican fears

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(03-09-2018, 10:13 AM)Benton Wrote: My heart breaks for Ford and gm. They pushed for nafta to save money. The repercussions of that have by and large been the long slow shrinking economy of the last three decades. Why? Because used to they paid a living wage and that supported dozens of industries and thousands of businesses.

I’d be in favor of tariffs on ford and gm plants in Canada and Mexico too.

And, no, you can make cars here and still make a profit. Several foreign car makers do it. Many of them using us steel. Foreign companies have figured it or. Maybe us companies should follow suit instead of just looking for handouts.

Is free trade really best characterized as a hand out? I thought part of this was trying to impose tariffs to counter the fact that other countries are literally giving out  handouts in the form of subsidies?