Also, it's a weird way to do "hidden" tariffs, in addition to the official ones that are bad enough.
E.g. if he wanted to tariff electronic devices, why not tariff them directly, instead of those weird mental gymnastics?
E.g. if he wanted to tariff electronic devices, why not tariff them directly, instead of those weird mental gymnastics?
If this was a serious economic policy, it would have started small—perhaps a 5% tariff, to take effect in six months. Then, promise to ramp it up (say an additional 5% every year).