The primary function of tariffs isn’t to penalize but to protect markets and consumers.
Is just a quirk of American law that a president can unilaterally impose them, which has lead their current bozo in chief that he can use it as a stick to whip countries into doing what he wants them to do.
Sepia@mander.xyz 2 months ago
There are many reports by consumer protection agencies across Europe and the world on toxic and dangerous products sold on Temu, Shein & Co (one is here, and, no, Chinese companies have their own supply chains and their own sweatshops, European companies that sold these unsafe products would immediately be closed by authorities).