Who has the Authority to Impose Tariffs and how does this Affect International Trade?

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7. We are one country

so there's not much that can be done when it comes to competition between states. That's a whole conversation because I'm from place that was the furniture capital of the world until it all moved to NC for cheaper labor. Now those companies have a lot of their stuff made in China.

When you say, " Paying extra to have something built in the US just for the sake of it is wasteful (in resource allocation and increased prices to the consumer)", the same argument can be used against unions and raising the minimum wage. That argument is for the cheapest consumer goods and services without thought for quality of life in the United States and what goes into that. It's the race to the bottom.