I'm a realist and we live in a non-free trade world. Yeh i believe in free trade but we not starting from scratch we are starting from and in a non-free trade world.
Tariff's from the USA are essential to create fair trade for them as they been getting screwed for too long. Countries have a choice to deal or not, a sensible proposal will result in a fair deal, something not sensible will end with reciprocal Tariff's being set. The clock is ticking, only a 90 day pause.