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Originally Posted by mrhills0146
Why?
The ones who are hurt by Japan's restrictive trade policies are Japanese consumers. They pay some of if not the highest prices in the world for goods produced outside of Japan, and they're the ones up in arms.
I definitely don't want to restrict imports of Japanese goods into the US. I like Japanese products at market prices without artificially (government-imposed) scarcity.
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Me neither. Who wants to go back to crappy American-made electronics? GE could become the Lucas of the Americas.
I'm just saying that unsymmetrical trade restrictions is what usually calls for short-sighted people to recommend higher tariffs.