Trade in War

Meanwhile others sanction (or tariff) countries they're at peace with for no discernible benefit to anyone.

Tariffs are a tax on your own population (no matter what Trump says). Which countries sanction friendly ally nations?

I mean friendly nations can coexist with tarriffs structures perfectly amicably.

What's not normal is trying to use tarrifs the way the US is, and the frequency of their adjustment, as well as stated motivation (punitive rather then achieving any sort of strategic goal).

Switzerland has plenty of tariffs around farmed goods to keep our farmer market healthy. But it does indeed make products more expensive (and higher quality) and everybody here knows and most accept that.

Products are not higher quality… the only thing these tariffs accomplish is basically they allow agriculture industry to do the things the old way. Keep status quo, aka remain extremely uncompetitive and unproductive.

If Switzerland opened to EU competition then they would’ve seen multi store farming like in Netherlands. Subsidies would fare better.