Trump continues to back aluminum and steel tariffs despite Republican fears

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(03-09-2018, 07:29 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: 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?

That’s part of the issue.

Other countries over produce material to keep employment and production high. Since it’s the government running it, they do it to keep people working and happier. Their excess product isn’t needed, so they dump it into other markets. Not a huge amount ends up here, but enough does to lower the value.

Us companies complain about the cost when we have high tariffs like under bush, but it hasn’t ever effected the end price of goods. Why? Because the end price of goods goes up on most of those items anyway. It’s not like Chevy lowered prices on the Tahoe when they were getting cheaper steel.