[JHBowden]

I’m totally for free trade. No buts, no qualifications.

Just as no one wins a currency war, no one wins a trade war; the wounds are always self-inflicted. A country imposing tariffs is like a general attempting to win a battle by massacring his own divisions.

[triumphant values]

A country imposing tariffs is like a general attempting to win a battle by massacring his own divisions.

The country is going to have taxes of some kind. Are you saying they should only be on internal trade and not external? What's the logic behind that?

[expat_panama]

"...imposing tariffs is like a general attempting to win a battle by massacring his own divisions..."

--or like a guy saying 'nyah nyah, your end of the boat is sinking'.