That’s not the point Peter. The point is that tariffs incentivize domestic produ

That’s not the point Peter. The point is that tariffs incentivize domestic production. So a Tariff is the cost of the incentive necessary to repatriate an industry. And it’s rational because any POSSIBLE domestic production that was offshored was a game of labor arbitrage that lowered wages – thus privatizing the public commons: which is of course, theft.