> i am totally out of the loop but what do tariffs do? a usa based car company that makes there cars here doesn't get any extra taxes. a foreign car company that makes cars elsewhere and ships them here does get extra taxed by the government.the idea is to protect american car manufacturers, steel manufacturers, farmers, whatever the tariff is placed on. > will they raise prices of goods sold in the states here?  yes. everybody pays more so that america-based companies can compete with countries like china where they pay their workers next to nothing.  > what are they actually for cause trump seems to be using them like a weapon against other countries. they're for protecting american industry.
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