the 50% import tax on goods from vietnam and india might be frightening to people that base their profits on child labour, but there's an upside to that. these are not countries that even import raw materials to north america, their export economy is almost solely designed around the exploitation of child labour.

i would rather see punishing taxes levied on an economy that relies on child labour than free trade with them.

that's not what anybody in trump's administration is thinking, except maybe tulsi gabbard. sometimes you can see unintended upsides in the policies of opponents.

inflation aside, if the us dollar survives that, this might not land badly, after it explodes.