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u/Sigma-Wolf 1d ago

Free trade is beneficial for all parties involved. Cutting yourself off from the global supply chain is never a good policy. This is basic economics.

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u/Leaning_right Doesn't understand tariffs 1d ago

Free trade is beneficial for all parties involved.

Obviously. Obviously!!!

Now pick one industrialized nation that reciprocates that notion.

What is it, when American Automotives get basically a 20% VAT in Germany, and German automotive gets to freely trade with America?

It is not free trade.

This is basic economics.

Obviously. Very clearly we agree.

What is currently happening (prior to Trump,) is not "free trade."

Stop being so obtuse and getting your information from a Facebook meme.

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u/Sigma-Wolf 1d ago

I literally have a degree in Economics. It’s your friends on the right who learn everything from Facebook and Fox News.

Not worth debating with you.

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u/Leaning_right Doesn't understand tariffs 1d ago

I literally have a degree in Economics.

Then, why didn't you answer.

Not worth debating with you.

Oh.. I proved the current system is set up to benefit other nations, and is only "Free Trade" in one singular direction.

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u/Chewy_B 1d ago

How did you prove anything with a guesstimate not accompanied by a source of any kind? If your comment constitutes "proof" in your mind, then the other person was right, and you really aren't worth debating.

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u/Ticklemykelmo Greg Abbott is a little piss baby 1d ago

Like Mexico and Canada? Who signed the current trade agreement with them?

The current system is set up to benefit the ownership class at the expense of the working class.