Becoming China

The WSJ is usually not considered “the left”. It is also true that the right used to ridicule the left for wanting government to pick winners and losers, and here the administration is making explicit deals with companies to get access to markets. Perhaps you can quibble with the comparison to China, but I don’t think you can reject the claim that the administration is messing with markets.

 

Their op-ed section is certainly not ‘left-wing’ !

 

It's simply a purchasing behavior modification incentive. The ones that pay the most in tariffs are the foreign countries exporting into the U.S.A. Show me the statistics that prove your taxation/inflation point... if our companies do in fact pay these tariffs. Some of our companies might pay a tad more, but not enough for me to notice any price increases.