Dave,
it assumes that any savings on imports will be passed on to the consumer. We all know that this never happens.

Is that a fact or another of your vacuous whims Dave?
EU goods have a competitive advantage over non-EU imports because they do not incur tariffs.
Or so I thought!

Please justify your astonishing claim.
(I am not asking you to jump through a hoop, just to justify your claim.
That is a reasonable request in a discussion.
When you make the claim you raise the hoop for yourself.)