None of these products would be made in the US, though ... and none would affect trade imbalance ... so the net effect might only be to increase inefficiency in your own country
maybe a quarter?
the rest will be a "licensing fee", which goes straight to Atlanta, Georgia
(well, now it doesn't)
Fucking insane. Coke has a higher label tax than Apple.
The other infuriating part is that the generic brand soda is also expensive for some reason. What an efficient market, when generic water can maintain an insane profit margin.
The same is true of liquid detergents and soaps and anything else you buy that is mostly water - even fresh produce.
However, you're not paying 3x. I assume you're not really paying anything notably higher than x, right? So the encouragement is nearly zero.