to weaken that currency to offset the cost of the tariff. But that makes the dollar stronger, which makes your goods in the United States less competitive overseas. So yes, I think it is a negotiating tactic. And I believe that a better scenario for the United States in terms of its competitive industrial base is to remove regulations, what they're doing quite rapidly, keep the tax rate low, which they're trying to implement, but also not keep the dollar so strong. I mean, obviously, if the dollar weakens, that's to your benefit as an exporter around the world. So I think the tariffs are creating a lot of confusion. I think they are a tactical negotiating tool. However, there are some countries that dump things into the United States. Sometimes they don't dump them directly into the United States. And tariffs on certain goods from certain countries, even when they come indirectly, some goods come from China to Canada, and then from Canada to the US. And so it might appear as if you're (44/57)
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