Eh Buddy Hoser

Yes and no, they're a tax that's supposed to diswage people buying specific products from a specific country (eg. A Tariff on Chinese cars, or on Canadian Beef). Ideally they'd be a much cheaper alternative from another country sitting right next to it at the store (eg Japanese cars, or Australian beef).

However Trump is tariffing multiple countries at the same time, and trying to do ao on primary materials (like steel, which will effect many industries).