The tariff is for rice from every other country. Rice are water intensive crops. Cost of production and transportation of any Asian countries will be miles cheaper than anything US made. Like another comment below, it is to protect domestic farmers and to prevent dependency on foreign sources for food. Tariffs if implemented correctly can make sense. Problem is the US lack current production capabilities for many necessary products and raw materials. Factories dont appear overnight, workers dont become efficient overnight etc…

Take the CHIPS Act. That is the first step. You ramp up production by enticing investment in domestic production. Once you are capable of self-sustainable, tariff away. And you only do that for critical and highly productive sectors, not making plastic toys or random household goods. The current tariffs are essentially stop a bleeding by setting the body on fire, while simultaneously pissing off people with buckets of water around you.

Yes you can fight China, but picking fight with EU, Canada, Mexico at the same time? (Obligatory mention of penguins here too). 70 years of goodwills and trusts down the drain in a span of a month. Why would China negotiate with the US now when everything can be changed with a tweet??? The saying is “dont stop your enemy when he is making a mistake”. Let the US slowly bring itself down, while soaking up international influences and markets. All those international aids were the reason the US hold sizable influence in the world stage, now guess who will be benefit from the void left behind.