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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoI think any tariff that passes will have a swiss cheese of exemptions, because that’s just how the game is played in Congress. Lobby hard enough and you’ll get your country excused one way or another. Canada being the biggest trade partner would be prime for these. It would be prime for Canadian ports, and for a host of middle men who get to launder trade goods through a legal loophole. But that’s the real end game. Not domesticating manufacturing, but monopolizing channels for import/export.
I think any tariff that passes will have a swiss cheese of exemptions, because that’s just how the game is played in Congress.
Lobby hard enough and you’ll get your country excused one way or another.
It would be prime for Canadian ports, and for a host of middle men who get to launder trade goods through a legal loophole.
But that’s the real end game. Not domesticating manufacturing, but monopolizing channels for import/export.