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   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Nov 29, 2025 at 2:23:32 AM MST, "Collectivists_Always_Fail" wrote   
   <9fdlik1ntpo35tjulq0v943le71df34ipc@4ax.com>:   
      
   ...   
   >>>   
   >>> It's good that we''re moving back to competing....   
   >>   
   >> Then why the tariffs?   
   >   
   > 1) The USA's tariffs counter the tariffs other country's put on our   
   > products.   
      
   That is contrary to evidnece. The major U.S. tariffs of the last several years   
   -- on steel, aluminum, and hundreds of billions in Chinese goods -- were   
   imposed unilaterally, not in response to new foreign tariffs. In fact, other   
   countries like China, Canada, Mexico, and the EU retaliated after the U.S.   
   acted, which means the U.S. wasn't countering their tariffs at all. Average   
   foreign tariffs on U.S. products were basically stable before the U.S.   
   increases, and today's newer tariffs on things like EVs and batteries are also   
   unilateral moves, not tit-for-tat responses.   
      
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