False dichotomy, huh? Demonstrate it.
I already did, you’re premise was “If we don’t have free trade, then the costs of domestic production must rise, due to no competition with foreign corporations.”
A false dichotomy/dilemma, means there can only be two consequences, that’s a lie.
I already demonstrated why that’s not true. If there were less domestic regulation, there would be more domestic competition. Domestic oil companies can already compete with each other, which is (part of the reason) why we don’t have $8+ gasoline like some nations. We already have internal competition. So, the “If you add a tarriff, things must go up to fill the gap” argument, is baloney. If U.S. companies were competing with each other and not third world slave (and sometimes nearly slave) labor, then they could compete with one another on an even ground. Price may or may not go up (I’d bet some do, some don’t), but the fact remains, it’s not because they are filling the high price gap. That’s the part which was a false dilemma.