Engaging in trade wars often leads to negative outcomes for the economy.

“90% of presidents concede their trade wars just before mooning their economy.”

The tariffs on Canada and Mexico are unlikely to remain indefinitely because the U.S. relies on Canada as a major customer for exports.

“they buy more from us then we buy from them which means we need them and so it's all it's all far that's why you know Canada's like you you know so yeah I like I don't know how bad this has to get what kind of like whether he wants a fig leaf on this”

Targeted tariffs are often ineffective because countries can circumvent them by shipping goods through other nations, necessitating global tariffs to be effective.

“if you try to tarff a country the country will either ship to somewhere else and then you just buy through them in which case you can't do it or you just buy a thing from another country”

Canada's protectionist trade policies and tariffs ultimately harm the Canadian economy and their own consumers.

“Canada does this as a form of economic protectionism. By their own word while criticizing the USA for doing the same. That's why they have these tariffs. For example, like dairy, we'll get into that. Key fact number three. This actually ends up hurting Canadian consumers far more than the USA”

He suggests the U.S. should move away from tariff wars toward a policy of reciprocal fairness.

“Number two would be I think we got to move to reciprocal fairness away from tariff wars.”

He opposes the use of tariffs as they are generally harmful to economic well-being and act as a tax on consumers.

“No, tariffs have always been bad for everybody. They sometimes have worked for a short period for some people, but ultimately they usually don't work and usually they're scrapped uh everywhere and throughout history. Uh I am not a fan of tariffs.”