Keeping the costs low means the tarrifs will have no effect. The point of tarrifs is to increase the cost and make domestic products more attractive to consumers. Having Walmart eat the cost of tarrifs means that foreign products will retain their price competitiveness with domestic products and result in absolutely no domestic investment in production.
Keeping the costs low means the tarrifs will have no effect. The point of tarrifs is to increase the cost and make domestic products more attractive to consumers. Having Walmart eat the cost of tarrifs means that foreign products will retain their price competitiveness with domestic products and result in absolutely no domestic investment in production.
The whole policy is deeply incoherent.