OK fair question.
I mean we aim our trade guns OUT.
We enact rigourous international bilateral trade policies for external trade, which require completely reciprocal trade with every nation. No exceptions, unless we have a surplus - of course that’s ok, let the other side worry about that.
Within our borders, 100% lasse faire unshackled, brass knuckles capitalism.
That’s what that means.
America first. Then we all compete with each other, rather than slave laborers around the globe.
Basic manufacturing is a good and essential economic endeavor. Well, if someone on the other side of the world will manufacture the goods for $1 day, then Americans can "compete" if they will do the work for less than $1 a day. Uhhhhhh, that won't fly -- unless we're willing to turn our country into Haiti.
We cannot all be farmers, and we cannot all be copywriters. Some people need to make stuff. And those people need to survive. With a truly global economy, that really becomes challenging and just leads to a growing segment of the population that cannot survive without government "assistance".
It's a knee-jerk reaction to say "tariffs cause trade wars and do nothing but damage" but I think corporate taxes do a lot of damage too. Overall, I think this country would be better off with a little more emphasis on tariffs and a lot less emphasis on taxation.
Also, I appreciate that you and some others, rather than criticize the authors of the posted subject actually present ideas - and on topics you don't agree with, present your ideas again without personally criticizing the author - which leads no where.