{"id":10785,"date":"2018-07-24T14:38:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T18:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=10785"},"modified":"2018-07-24T14:38:17","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T18:38:17","slug":"turning-the-tables-on-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/turning-the-tables-on-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning the Tables on Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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American Spectator<\/strong>
\nby George Neumayr
\n7\/20\/2018<\/h3>\n

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Trump calls the bluff of his critics.<\/i><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The chattering class is wedded to a view of Trump as the most blinkered of protectionists, who is just itching to foment trade wars. That\u2019s why the media completely ignored his call to eliminate tariffs altogether, which he proposed at the G-7 meetings in Quebec. That cut too much against the media\u2019s narrative. \u201cWe should at least consider no tariffs, no barriers \u2014 scrapping all of it,\u201d\u00a0Trump said.<\/em><\/p>\n

One might have thought free-trade advocates would thrill to such an abolitionist\u00a0vision. But, of course, they didn\u2019t, because underneath all their opportunistic bluster about protectionism lies a globalism that protects the tariffs of America\u2019s competitors.<\/em><\/p>\n

As Stephen Moore notes, \u201cIt speaks volumes about the trade debate that none of the foreign leaders, except perhaps Germany\u2019s Angela Merkel, had any interest. If the offer were made to China, the mercantilist leaders would be thrown off their high horse never to recover. These nations are more interested in bashing Trump as a trade warrior while retaining their own indefensible protectionist trade barriers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Moore urges Trump to continue his zero-tariff push, to \u201cseize the high ground in the trade debate by offering it up again and again as America\u2019s desired endgame.\u201d After all, Moore argues, \u201cZero tariffs would be the ultimate victory for totally free and fair trade. It would advantage the United States most because we already impose the lowest trade barriers. It would also expose many of Trump\u2019s severest critics as free-trade frauds. President Trump: You should do this, because the worst that could happen is our allies take you up on the offer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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