"Of course it doesn't help when domestic politics puts up intense pressure for unfair subsidies and tariffs - here in the US, Democrats and unions are complaining that the steel tariffs aren't high enough!"

Try, strain, stretch, lie, cheat and steal, and still no one but an unreasoning, unreasonable conservative will ever believe it was the "Democrats and unions" who jacked up the tariffs on steel.

Grunt, groan, bear down, really, really push, and still, it wasn't the "Democrats and unions".

But go ahead if you must. If you're more comfortable with "Democrats and union" having raised tariffs, then no amount of reasoning will ever convince you. Ever.

Scary.

Arf