The market prices goods based upon supply and demand. When supply is low and demand is high, prices go up. When demand is low and supply is high, prices go down. That is the current situation with English shotguns now. Plain and simple.
That statement skips the underlying cause for the low demand: English politics.
Tariiffs have now added fuel to the lack of demand, so the actual asking prices of the guns (before tariffs) will go lower until the total price meets the demand. Then, they will sell. People wanting to import an English gun for themselves know what total price they're willing to pay. If the temporary tariffs now in place put the gun above that buyer's range it will not sell, until the seller adjusts his asking price to accommodate the tariff. Or, decides to just sit on it until the tariffs are gone.The one getting "hurt" is the English seller. But, maybe that's more a result of allowing their government to legislate their guns out of existence than a fault of tariffs.
I wasn't trying to make a political statement, Steven.
I think you're overestimating the impact of tariffs. It's unlikely that they've had time to kick in that much, and who know how long, or if, they will last?
