[ytpete]

If we wanted to decouple from China due to fears of war, shouldn't we be keeping tariffs on EU, Canada, Australia, Japan, and Korea very low? We'd want them to stay closely aligned with us as allies, not push them to build stronger connections to China as a more friendly trading partner than we are.

[ericmay]

Mostly yea, but I think if you say to yourself the US needs manufacturing capacity no matter who it comes from those tariffs make a little more sense. Also they would levy that China has set up manufacturing facilities in countries like Canada for example to bypass tariffs.

I'm not saying I agree with this, just trying to think through what they may be thinking for fun internet discussions. Personally I love our allies and I think they make us way stronger and we should work together with them to address concerns.

[woshiwan]

Here comes the 90 days pause except China :)