"Other countries are making prices higher for their own people so we should make prices higher for our own people, too" is certainly one of the logics of all time.
No, that discourages them from buying American because it costs more due to tarriffs and encourages them to buy locally produced goods even if they are inferior.
Republicams understand that corporations don't pay for tax hikes because they pass the cost on to the consumer. Why can't we understand then that other countries don't pay tariffs because they pass the cost onto the consumer?
The consumer doesn't understand all costs of production are passed along in the price of the final product, and so whether it's tax hikes on corporations or tarriffs on foreign goods both cause things to cost more. However, tarriffs on foreign goods discouraages people from buying cheap chinese and encourages them to buy locally produced goods which are always better because chinese "quality" is an oxymoron.