A fraudulent part of the US imposing tariffs on countries with trade deficits with the US , like Singapore , Canada , Viet Nam , Mexico , is that those countries have smaller populations than the US. So, they cannot buy as many goods from the US as the US buys from that . They don't as much money ! For some , their lesser amounts of money are compounded by their lower incomes ! The US larger and richer population has more effective demand ; the other countries don't have money to buy from the US as the US buys from them .

A fraudulent part of the US imposing tariffs on countries with trade deficits with the US , like Singapore , Canada , Viet Nam , Mexico , is that those countries have smaller populations than the US. So, they cannot buy as many goods from the US as the US buys from those smaller , less moneiterized , moneyfied Peoples . They don't as much money ! For some , their lesser amounts of money are compounded by their lower incomes ! The US larger and richer population has more effective demand ; the other countries don't have money to buy from the US as the US buys from them .