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tw04last Tuesday at 6:37 PM2 repliesview on HN

And it would quickly be destroyed by competing governments that don’t believe in free markets and actively subsidize their industries to capture market share.


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vmg12last Tuesday at 7:13 PM

The US has been largely tariff free since the 1900s and it's the largest economy in the world.

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victorbjorklundyesterday at 5:49 PM

Can you give an example of a zero tariff country being destroyed by a super high tariff country? I can give you examples of the opposite. For example Argentina tried to build up domestic industries with high tariffs.