What if you could achieve all of the policy goals of a tariff with none of the negative consequences? Sounds impossible, but economists already figured it out and its called a destination based cash flow tax. Unfortunately no one in a position of power knows what that is.
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A destination-based cash flow tax can achieve some of the policy goals of a tariff (like protecting domestic industries), but doesn’t avoid all negative consequences (e.g., higher consumer prices, retaliatory tariffs).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destination-based_cash_flow_tax