[makomk]

I've noticed that this idea that trade tariffs hurt the country applying them is often brought up when the US applies tariffs, but doesn't seem to get so much play in the press when talking about China's tariffs. Instead, they're generally treated as some kind of ingenious Chinese masterstroke that only hurts the US, even when they're on key food supplies. It's like powerful folks have some ideological or commercial reason why they don't want the US to impose tariffs, and arguments are invoked or discarded as necessary to push for this.