An excellent analogy for tariffs: training wheels.
They can be helpful for underdeveloped economies to get a jumpstart, at the expense of the citizens.
But races aren't won using training wheels. Like tariffs, they hold back fully developed economies. Note how the US wasn't truly a world economic power until we cut tariffs and our trade took off, along with our economy in general.
If someone wants to put extremely high tariffs on our products so they have to pay a lot for them, then that's hurting them. It's a typical leftwing wealth transfer from the consumer to a "favored" recipient.