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Tarrifs are a tool that must be applied strategically. You typically announce tarrifs years in advance so business can shift their logistics and build out manufacturing where you want it. However a daily change in tariffs only creates a chaos that the economy cannot simply respond to fast enough.

A new steel mill won't magically appear in the middle of the US within a month.




> A new steel mill won't magically appear in the middle of the US within a month.

And yet, I'm sure Trump will show up at one to take credit for its existence within the next month or so.




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