United States Politics: ∆τ_i*ε*φ*m_i<0 where ε=4 and φ=0.25

[Potato]

Tariffs are stupid and appeal to stupid people. None of this shit is going to be manufactured in the West and all of it is just going to cost people in the West more money. 

Is someone just going to spin up a high tech manufacturing facility to bring electronics manufacturing back to the US and Europe? What about heavy industry stuff?

Edit: Ironically, the Chinese tried this shit to punish us after we asked for COVID to be investigated properly by an independent panel. 

They used their superior economic power to put tariffs on a range of goods that they couldn't produce themselves. We soon found new markets for things like barley, wine and other goods. Our industry and economy was barely affected.