• Pup Biru@aussie.zone
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    7 hours ago

    It doesn’t make ours any better or cheaper, just everything else more expensive.

    it also makes your domestic products more expensive because cars etc still have to source components and industrial machines from internationally so it’s tariffs all the way down

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      6 hours ago

      And if they didn’t source internationally, they’d have to pay local labor prices, so it’s more expensive regardless of the direction they choose to go. If you make imports expensive enough, local goods will become more attractive, sure, but not cheaper.