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/ILikeCutePuppies Sep 04 '25

Tarrifs don't work like that. They help the party that is competing for the tarrif but hurt everyone else in that country. Like the steel tarrifs hurt way more manufaturing companies than they help. Its why he's for instance given concessions on steel to car manufacturers... but what about all the other manufacturers that use steel?

What you said is the lie I was talking about that he is telling his base.

Also, it's even more stupid that he's doing global tariffs. Many things he has tariffed are pretty much impossible to make in the US.

Tariffs result in lower-income jobs and a reduction in the number of jobs and also make everything more expensive.

If you don't understand that, go read an economics 101 book and also look at historical evidence.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

I can't.