Flip-flop policy
Trump has just lowered tariffs on smartphones, computers, and electronic devices imported from China.
Every day, the White House backtracks, revises downward, cancels…
In such conditions, where can one find the motivation to set up a factory and bring industrial jobs back to the United States?
Tariffs are not a policy, but a tool — a lever. To be truly effective, they need to be used flexibly and combined with subsidies, research credits, training programs, and more.
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