Re: Slavery in New York, City
All products that have to be shipped have shipping costs regardless of whether those products are coming from Pittsburg or Paris. The difference between an export tax, as you originally characterized it, and a tariff on an import is that an export tax would require a person to pay to get their goods to market - it would have to be be paid in order to make money. One has the option of not paying a tariff if one buys American.