>>242027America is the biggest consumer that gives economic power.
>It is the American people who is paying the tariffs.In the end it will always be that way if America is the biggest consumer. The point is to make specifically China less desirable for businesses to support.
When their competitor is in Taiwan able to sell the same thing cheaper than a Chinese factory it won't be worth it to the consumer to buy from them.
>The logic of tariffs is that because of more expensive Chinese goods, the American demand will shrink and therefore China will be hurt.That's not quite right. Americans' demand increases making other places viable. If it's more cost effective to have the jobs, equipment, and people in the United States of America then most will (barring the politically motivated, those that actively want to destroy America).
China will hurt, and so will the businesses that stay there.
>then tariffs are still more retarded because it won't reach that target at all and will only squeeze still more the shrinking incoming of the workersand
>only blocking foreign goods will force to the manufacturers to produce in America. The difference is one is done through mandate the other through cost effectiveness. With a mandate a black market will pop-up out of spite.
It's the same thing prices jump due to Americans working, and not the slave shed China practices. Ideally that would force other businesses to become better at doing that one thing to reach levels comparable to China.
The money circulates internally in the U.S. rather than going out to China who buys stuff from America.
(If China crumbles that might have a domino effect economically through the world.)
It's to strangle, and suffocate China until they agree to a better deal. Where China doesn't tariff American Products that cost is picked up by American businesses. Thus the American people.
Perhaps even a deal to prevent intellectual theft.
A trade war sucks, and there won't be rapid relief until one side capitulates (that being China gives up) prices will go up the people will feel it. Businesses will try to devise a better way to meet customer demands, but they will feel it too, and so will all their employees.
Once the war is over then one can readily harvest the seeds watered with blood, sweat, and tears. It's technically better than before the economic war, but it takes time to recover to excel past the point it used to be at.
America becomes a better producer at the end of this (due to not being attacked anymore by China economically). Which is good. A better market for selling stuff to China grows stimulating the economy.
A side effect is that President Trump can make some digs at the federal reserve about fucking over the currency.
If a President doesn't keep it up until they give up the struggle would be a useless expensive exercise. It would tell them they just need to wait it out four, or eight years if America wants to put pressure.
Then there's the whole problem with the value of the currency being jewed. The nearing epoch of a 'voter' block chained to (((their))) whims to ruin this country. Something needs to be done, or economically the dollar is completely propped up by everyone else. The inevitable crash will not be pleasant.
Everything could have been a whole lot worse though.