Import Duties

Cookies and ACs definitely not. But there might be a case for tariffs for TEMPORARY tariffs in the face of large shocks such as China.

Taxing consumers to subsidize domestic production is bad economics and a violation of the WTO agreement.

There are a number of issues on the production side and these also have to be balanced off against the consumer side.
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stupid

Read Adam Smith!

Duties lead to dead-weight losses and also retaliation.There can be losers from free trade but there are better ways to compensate them.

What a "good idea" is I do not know, but such tariffs would make the average American worse off.

Consumers would lose. A few would gain but there are more efficient ways to transfer income to people.

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There are more effective policies to achieve the goals, such as increased employment, typically associated with import duties.

It is preferable to compensate workers that are threatened by international competition.

A terrible idea, for many reasons.

No. Just no. The example products were chosen to make this easy. The rare cases in which protectionism might be justified are excluded.