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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (76750)	6/11/2018 2:06:08 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 363737

Why don't we get rid of all of them and simply have free markets? Great idea! We could start by free trade within North America. Trump would surely want to try that and work out any problems that appear. Now, if we could come up with an acronym for this North American free trade group...

To: i-node who wrote (76750)	6/11/2018 2:10:56 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 363737

Good luck on eliminating farm subsidies.

To: i-node who wrote (76750)

6/11/2018 4:46:07 PM

From: koan

Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 363737

Because there have to be exceptions. The best trade for everyone is a negotiated trade pact that recognizes each countries needs for exceptions and make them balance out.

Christ! Achieving Fair Trade is very complicated, but you and Trump do not do complicated. You have simple answers to complex problems and they are usually wrong.

The average trade tariff for the G7 is 1.6%, but it is a give and take.

Interestingly Canada is the exception with only .08%. The country Trump attacked.

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>> Possibly for the same reason the U.S. has a 350% tariff on tobacco and 160% on peanuts.

For sure.

Why don't we get rid of all of them and simply have free markets? That is, after all, what Trump is pursuing.

We are in a world where markets are freer than before. Why should we be stuck with these silly tariffs?