[mapontosevenths]

> Other way around according to what GGP quoted, this would get RAM into the US but not out, reducing prices.

Only in a world where the other party has no agency. In real life the other party raises prices on their exports to compensate for the supply chain disruption and they still get the items.

Ultimately the consumer pays more, the extra goes the government, and the net impact is just obfuscated taxation and a reduction in both supply and demand that's bad for the economy and other living things.