tariffs

If these tariffs and subsidies are sufficiently carefully applied, they would be legal under international trade agreements.[1] 3.

They can kick them out of the EU/Eurozone and implement tariffs that will pay off these debts.

And turning Greece into an economic pariah state with tariffs and other punitive measures is definitely a step in that direction.

In Germany, the private consumer pays for all the additional cost imposed by renewables while the industry still gets the old tariffs.

Ultimately tariffs and labor controls are all along a sliding scale towards closed borders.

The good news is that it can be even cheaper than what you mention, as it is available on pay-as-you-go tariffs as well.

That's exactly the purpose of EU; regulate commerce by creating a system of quotas, preventing free competition but reducing the need for tariffs.

Politicians were pretty big on tariffs and land law acts for nearly a century, though they have since declined in favor of gunboat diplomacy.

For instance, the US saved its semiconductor industry (Intel, etc) from doom at the hands of the Japanese, by aggressive tariffs and other trade policies.

Looking at tariffs when analyzing infant industry growth is pretty productive.

There have been hugely detrimental repercussions: mass surveillance, one-sided treaties & trade embargoes/tariffs, political & military meddling, and lots of death.

The last century of trade agreements already removed most tariffs[1].

I really disagree with his "tariffs by another name" ICs.