"Despite the tariffs, the manufacturing sector continued to shed jobs last year." [manufacturing sector]
This direct statement of job losses despite tariff implementation contradicts the stated policy objective and establishes that tariff protection is not translating into employment gains.
Reasoning from this article
The article provides granular evidence: industrial production gains are 'attributable to growth in the aerospace and electronics sectors, which are among the least burdened by tariffs,' while 'for makers of cars and car parts, which have been subject to hefty tariffs, production fell last year.' This reveals that tariffs are creating cost burdens that suppress output in protected sectors while benefiting unprotected ones. The structural implication is that tariff protection alone cannot overcome the cost-competitiveness gap or capital constraints that drive manufacturing location decisions—a pattern likely to persist across future tariff regimes.