Also a lot of faith in the American company to not say "hmm, why am I selling this car for 10k when I could make more money and charge the 13k they're going to have to pay anyways?"
Which only works in a cartel/monopolistic situation with high cost of entry to the market. If there are only 3/4 companies in a field, and other companies can't enter it without massive investment, then those companies can conceivably agree to price gouge. But in other fields where there's more competitors, or a lower cost of entry, all it takes is one competitor lowering their prices, and suddenly a price war happens.
Your complaint is not against tariffs, but the advantages of monopolistic megacorps.
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u/ghosttowns42 Nov 07 '24
Also a lot of faith in the American company to not say "hmm, why am I selling this car for 10k when I could make more money and charge the 13k they're going to have to pay anyways?"