First, trade is between individuals, not nations.

Second, there is no such thing as trade disparities. All trades include an exchange of value.

Tariffs are another form of taxation and I would like at the subject based on what forms of taxation are more detrimental than others.

It's long held by many economists that consumption taxes (sales) are more desirable than taxes on production (income/cap gains).

One can easily place tariffs into the consumption category. Any discussions of replacing the income tax with tariffs should be strongly considered.

But, to  @utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻's point, we don't produce as much as we used to.

Is replacing the income tax with tariffs even viable? (Those wanting a much smaller government, like me, would say yes, yes, yes!)

Pragmatically, they aren't though.

A national sales tax might be a far better alternative to both tariffs and an income tax, and have far fewer manipulations of the markets - especially if it includes both services and products.

It's a great conversation to be having though and I just hope the right minds are at the discussion table.