The American Spectator
•Business
Business & Economics
66% Informative
President Trump has mixed signals regarding the precise goals of tariffs, says Julian Zelizer .
Zelizer: Tariffs are confusing to observers, but perhaps not as confusing as tariffs seem to be to the president, his team, and proponents of tariffs.
He asks: Is it to curtail imports to protect American businesses from foreign competition? Or is it to raise significant revenue for Uncle Sam ? These two goals work against each other.
Mark Hendrickson : Higher prices will be no more popular under President Donald Trump than they were under President Joe Biden .
He says tariffs do not reduce unemployment, but rather, they redistribute it, and frequently increase unemployment on an overall basis.
The best way for the federal government to “protect” American industry is to not cripple American businesses with harmful policies, he says.
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