@kentwillard (there’s definitely a bad political economy syndrome around tariffs. look at the US auto market’s pathological specialization into trucks, based partly on laxer CAFE standards, but also a “chicken tax” 25% tariff. that said, i think there may be a case for universalizing a modest universal tariff — 10% or less — as there are positive resilience and capability externalities to home production. just freelancing it is dangerous, though, as each industry will go for chicken taxes.)