I didn't know our cars were tariffed at 100%.


 Either did anyone else because they aren't.

 EU tariffs average 8%.  There are 10% on finished vehicles and 3.0 to 4.5% on the majority of parts.  This can be verified in the Schedule B export codes from the International Trade Administration.  
https://www.trade.gov/automotive-motor-vehicle-tariff-codes



NADA and CSIS confirm this as well.

https://www.nada.org/media/3271/download?inline


https://www.acea.auto/fact/fact-sheet-eu-us-automobile-trade/

https://www.acea.auto/files/ACEA-Pocket-Guide_2024-2025.pdf#page=36


 This is a textbook reason why I don't use mainstream/social media for information.  Every verifiable resource except this guy on the video say something completely different and it's backed by thousands and thousands of documents with real humans driving or working on real cars.

That is ONE source. Two sources. One says 100% tariffs.
The other?
Zero.

 100% is wrong.  Zero is correct for Japan, which makes the 100% claim even more wrong than for the EU.

 There is no blanket rate all other countries have decided to use for the US so there will be variances.

 Japan has almost zero consumers for US vehicles, thus zero tariff.  Japan from and Administrative position is not keeping US cars out of Japan, it is primarily the customer.  Of course Japanese automakers work against US imports through propaganda and red-tape as well so that drives consumer desire even lower.

 Basically because his entire argument hinges on a completely inaccurate premise, so it makes his tariff evaluations hard to believe in.  This is my opinion for anyone incapable of understanding what an opinion is.

 He is stating US imports/costs for automobiles are the in the state they are in because of 100% tariffs.  So if we did the same then X-results would happen.  How can he say this if none of it is true?

 Tariffs impact trade and economy pricing, but nowhere near the way he claims - again because none of the argument for why things are the way they are now is even close to being true.

 It's like me saying ALL cars cost 100k on up and that's why the used car market is pricing so high right now.  Would you be ok with my economic evaluations on car pricing if my base argument was ALL cars cost 100k on up?

And I'm totally not understanding what you're saying here.

 I'm saying that his entire premise is based off a 100% tariff.  Like he's saying that the current situation on US automobiles is due to the 100% tariff.

 Impossible.  There is no 100% tariff.  So the entire basis that tariffs being as they are now have caused the situation we are in, is fundamentally flawed because his scenario does not exist in the real world.

 What good does taking a tariff rate that never existed and use that false logic to proclaim an equal action (US import tariff of 100%) will result in what he says?  


How do you see tariffs? Like a tourniquet ? A dangerous tool that, due to circumstances, may be necessary?
How should they be used?

 I think they are fluid an have different impacts depending on the item.  Automobile tariffs impact the economy differently than Vodka tariffs.  At one time our manufacturing export tariffs had an advantage, but as manufacturing exports reduced, so did the advantages of tariffs.  At some point those had to be modified.  This doesn't even take into account consumer demand, which further complicates things.  

 I think tariffs are complex and need continual evaluation and change.

Yeah,,the four years of Trump were just terrible.. Phht.