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SR2Ztoday at 1:20 AM0 repliesview on HN

I don't think that would be a good idea for two reasons:

1. Trump could decide what to apply the negative tariff to (e.g. Trump merchandise or his buddies)

2. If there's a fixed amount of money to dole out and suppliers know it, approximately zero dollars will be given back to consumers because it will be easy to capture the money on the importer side.