Protectionism

 Of course you want reparations! That's the new "american way". I was thrilled and and proponent of the tariffs to support American manufacturing, having been an engineer in manufacturing plants for the last 40 years. 

I've lived though Clinton's NAFTA disaster in the 90's, supply chains misguided global outsourcing in the 2000's, and the list goes on. It's not "Protectionism" -- it's recognizing your key competencies and sticking to them. American engineering and American manufacturing has always been a factor in making our country great. 

I remember personally building a manufacturing cell in the late 80's that was to be placed in Bejing China. We spent countless hours dealing with remote manufacturing in a foreign country. For what? Cheaper labor rates with a workforce that didn't share our commitment or priorities. Then, Tiananmen Square happened and the Chinese government decided that all the equipment we sent over there was now their property. 

It's easy to be an "arm-chair" economist spouting anti-Protectionist rhetoric. Unfortunately, you and those like you perhaps don't see or understand what makes America unique and great.

A knee jerk reaction to any thing done by the current administration. Enlighten me why the compulsive need for "broad-based " reinvestment? Fake argument. The tariffs intent is to stimulate reinvestment by domestic corporations in manufacturing in the United States.  It's as simple as that. Any other argument is just pseudo academic blowing of your own gaslit smoke. Sorry you can't get past the whole Trump Derangement Syndrome triggered psychosis.