When Trump announced a new round of tariffs, I asked my chatbot, ChatGPT, if free trade with no tariffs would benefit the United States?
ChatGPT: International free trade benefits everyone.
Steve: How?
ChatGPT: Sweden makes magnificent machinery and nuclear reactors that they sell to other countries. That enables Sweden to buy what these countries make best--TVs from Japan, textiles from China, tin from Brazil, and taxi drivers from Uzbekistan.
Steve: So, every country sells products they make best and then free trade permits everyone to get the best of everything.
ChatGPT: Exactly. America buys the best merchandise that each country produces — furs from Russia, sherry from Spain, watches from Switzerland, and Mafiosi from Italy.
Steve: What does the United State...
When Trump announced a new round of tariffs, I asked my chatbot, ChatGPT, if free trade with no tariffs would benefit the United States?
ChatGPT: International free trade benefits everyone.
Steve: How?
ChatGPT: Sweden makes magnificent machinery and nuclear reactors that they sell to other countries. That enables Sweden to buy what these countries make best--TVs from Japan, textiles from China, tin from Brazil, and taxi drivers from Uzbekistan.
Steve: So, every country sells products they make best and then free trade permits everyone to get the best of everything.
ChatGPT: Exactly. America buys the best merchandise that each country produces — furs from Russia, sherry from Spain, watches from Switzerland, and Mafiosi from Italy.
Steve: What does the United State...