“Could?” There’s no way it won’t have dire consequences.
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2025
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"Avoidance"? He is purposefully making it worse.
The tariffs make local products relatively cheaper which means that more products are sourced locally. Could that compensate for all the other things?
No, because that's also all going away due to bad policy.
The outcome is that the US keeps on burning fossil fuels while China supplies the rest of the world