If Biden is looking for a good way to improve his economic record and lower the inflation rate, here’s an idea: get rid of the counterproductive tariffs, including the ones imposed on China. Yes, the GOP will howl that he is going soft on the Chinese, but the tariffs are a tax on Americans, not China, and do not provide us with any meaningful leverage. They serve no purpose other than to play to the right-wing peanut gallery. That wasn’t deemed to be a good enough reason to stay in Afghanistan; why should this be any different, particularly after showing toughness by making the submarine deal?