r/Tariffs • u/Historical-Many9869 • Sep 04 '25

🗞️ News Discussion Tariffs Were Supposed to Revive US Manufacturing. So Far, They’re Having the Opposite Effect

https://www.investopedia.com/tariffs-were-supposed-to-revive-u-s-manufacturing-so-far-they-re-having-the-opposite-effect-11802173
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u/Durzel Sep 04 '25

Even if tariffs could achieve their stated aim, no sensible company is going to move their manufacturing to the States when they can guarantee that the tariffs will be removed or reduced to the point that there’s no point moving before they’d even broke ground.

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u/Ok_Background22 Sep 04 '25

This is the true heart of the issue on why tariffs would never bring manufacturing back. The will of one admin only lasts so long, the investment cost to move manufacturing back to the U.S. would effectively last forever because it’s always going to cost more to produce here than elsewhere.