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by long_time_gone 1735 days ago
Not sure to what you are referring, but Biden’s “Buy American” executive order gives preference to American companies.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-sign-buy-...

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I'm talking about how for the past four years, import tariffs, which are the same.as bidens executive order were castigated simply for the crime of having been initiated by a republican
Slapping tariffs on steel and lumber was incredibly ill conceived. We should protect industries that are economically or militarily important. But needlessly raising the cost of unrefined materials made zero sense
Steel and lumber are not militarily important? That's news to me.