Lat's stop calling them progressives and liberals.

I don't think you can comprehend the written word, OR, are just a dishonest lying hack who prefers strawman arguments.

Tariffs are only used when other nations are not trading fairly. The notion that we should act honorably with trading partners who do not is just stupid JackOFF. Try to be less of a dishonest moron.
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They can be used this way. They also can be used simply to generate revenue.

Tariffs are taxes, authorized by the Constitution of the United States. They do not inhibit free markets. People are still free to buy products that are taxed in this way.
 
So the entire world wasn't trading fairly?
Nonsensical. There is no tariff on the entire world.
Can you give us examples as to why they weren't trading fairly?
There is no tariff on the entire world.
I suppose you think Trump was lying about his reasons for the tariff on Europe.
There is no tariff on Europe. There are tariffs on certain products from certain nations in Europe, that's all.
 
Here are the US 15 largest trading partners. Trump imposed tariffs on every country on the list or the group the belong to such as the EU.
1 China
2 Canada
3 Mexico
4 Japan
5 Germany
6 Korea, South
7 United Kingdom
8 France
9 Taiwan
10 India
11 Italy
12 Brazil
13 Switzerland
14 Ireland
15 Vietnam

Only on certain products from these nations. Not all nations in Europe are in the EU.
 
'Tariffs' are used to protect national industries. Like 'Sugar'. The Sugar Lobby makes sure their members get well paid. Cheaper sugar would only help Consumers.


"The United States maintains tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for imports of raw cane sugar, refined sugar, specialty sugar, and sugar-containing products (SCPs)."
https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/agriculture/sugar

You don't want the Sugar Plantations going out of Business, do you?

Domestic sugar plantations have already gone out of business, dude.
That was caused by fascism...namely in the form of subsidies for corn farmers to produce ethanol.
 
Lies. Another pathetic inversion fallacy.

Buzz Off! Don't make me get my FLY-SWATTER out! LOL!

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Domestic sugar plantations have already gone out of business, dude.
That was caused by fascism...namely in the form of subsidies for corn farmers to produce ethanol.


Really?

"Meet the Sugar Barons Who Used Both Sides of American Politics to Get Billions in Subsidies"
https://promarket.org/2016/09/19/sugar-industry-buys-academia-politicians/

"Sugar is a commodity, which means its price is set in big international markets and is supposed to be pretty much the same all over the world. But in the U.S., the price of sugar has been greater than in other parts of the world, sometimes two or three times more. This significant markup is the result of U.S. laws and regulations."
 
Really?

"Meet the Sugar Barons Who Used Both Sides of American Politics to Get Billions in Subsidies"
https://promarket.org/2016/09/19/sugar-industry-buys-academia-politicians/

"Sugar is a commodity, which means its price is set in big international markets and is supposed to be pretty much the same all over the world. But in the U.S., the price of sugar has been greater than in other parts of the world, sometimes two or three times more. This significant markup is the result of U.S. laws and regulations."

Try to stay on topic.
 
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