(03-05-2018 07:41 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(03-05-2018 07:37 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  People act like the EU has no tarriffs. Here is the US government report from 2017 (likely was largely prepared by the Obama administration).


Tariffs
The EU’s average applied MFN tariff rate is 4.8 percent. The average agricultural tariff rate is 10.9 percent,
and the average non-agricultural rate is 3.9 percent. All of the EU’s tariffs are bound at the WTO.
Although the EU’s tariffs are generally low for non-agricultural goods, there are also some high tariffs that
affect U.S. exports, such as rates up to 26 percent for fish and seafood, 14 percent for audio-visual
equipment, 10 percent for passenger vehicles, 22 percent for trucks, 6.5 percent for fertilizers and plastics,
10 percent for processed wood products, and 14 percent for bicycles.

https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/fil...%20NTE.pdf

All countries, including the US have tariffs. But I think the procedure for tariffs shouldn't be for the Tweeter in Chief to declare something a military emergency in order to avoid going through due process to implement them.

Did you read the bottom of that post? There literally is almost no time to waste with respect to trying to salvage the remains of these two industries. The Trump administration is correct to term this a military emergency---unless you want your defense industry to be totally reliant on foreign steel and aluminum.