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> I have no doubt they will argue the price increase as a result of tariffs, but market prices are and will always be about what the market will tolerate and rarely nothing else.

Only in a market where sellers (either a single seller or a cartel) exercise monopoly power; in a competitive market, market clearing costs are driven down toward zero economic profit by competitive pressure.



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