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"the age of tariffs" ah yes, typical ethnocentric point of view of the US.

Does the author not know other nations have been engaged in charging tariffs for a very long time?

>>typeof+(OP)
The world's most powerful consumer country putting broad tariffs on all imports that will be historically as high as the 1800s and higher than most any other major economy is indeed a move to an "age of tariffs" and is a bfd.

>>typeof+(OP)
I think the author, Jan Heine, is originally from Germany. He does own and operate a US-based company, so it's not that surprising that he's writing from that perspective.

>>typeof+(OP)
> Does the author not know other nations have been engaged in charging tariffs for a very long time?

And, unlike the US, none of them the envy of the world because of it. It is fascinating that the US has decided it wants to give up what it has to be become like them. It is akin to watching a supermodel get surgery to make themselves uglier because everyone they saw around them wasn't nearly as beautiful as they were. Likewise, we no doubt would come up with some kind of catchphrase to recognize that surprising event.

>>partia+h1
The "age of tariffs" would better describe the state US businesses have been suffering from - unbeknownst to the average consumer - for a very long time.