Let’s assume that the tariffs are on products that are also made in America. The tariff raises the price of the foreign product to the benefit of the U.S.-made product. This would encourage more purchases of the U.S.-made product and thus increase production and employment here in the U.S. — the total opposite effect that the writer suggests will happen. In addition, history proves the writer’s error. When President Donald Trump was much maligned for imposing broad tariffs on China, this did not lead to inflation. In fact, during the Trump presidency, inflation was almost nonexistent. This also does not conform to the writer’s somewhat doomsday opinion of the impact of tariffs.

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