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Leaving aside the other (valid) items in your list, reciprocal tarifs really aren't helpful.

Firstly, they're unnecessary. Just do what Canadians are doing. Stop buying US goods. Stop going to the US on holiday. Shop keepers get the hint real quick.

Secondly, they just make goods more expensive for you. They gave no impact on American producers.

So it may feel like the EU is doing nothing. But really, there's nothing they need to do. Tarifs are a tax levied by the US govt on US citizens. Sure demand might drop a bit in the short term, but that just drives producers to find other markets. Which in the long run is a good thing.



> Stop buying US goods.

If only there was a way to make US goods more expensive to discourage their purchase :P


Sure, that's one way to approach it. But I feel like the Canadian approach is better.

You don't need to coerce fellow citizens, indeed the point is far more effective when it's not coerced.

And if not enough citizens care to make the point, then they're also not going to thank you for rising prices.


> Leaving aside the other (valid) items in your list, reciprocal tarifs really aren't helpful.

You have completely missed my point: I don't care about them being helpful or not. It's not about the financial but political aspect.


I don’t think GP has missed the point at all. If the “political aspect” brings no concrete benefits for EU citizens, what’s the point?


It's asinine to think that higher taxes on American goods, which should include services, would not negatively impact US companies.




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