In other cases #tariffs could backfire on the #US #economy, by inviting retaliation from foreign govts & raising costs for #consumers. Economic research has indicated that the cost of tariffs tend to be borne by #American #businesses & #households, rather than #ForeignCompanies.
“#Trump seems drawn to trade tariffs as a bargaining tool w/other countries because tariffs have powerful domestic #political #SYMBOLISM…,” said Eswar Prasad, a trade economist at Cornell U.

#TariffsTaxEverydayAmericans

@tayledras @noiq Maybe I sound jaded but when someone says #Cloud I kinda get a #Stallman-esque reflex to say: "#ThereIsNoCloud - only #ForeignCompanies' #Servers!" because that is the essence of it.

And why anyone would pay to have #IndustrialEspionage comitted against them is beyond me, tbh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBffKzWECUQ&t=514s