Do tariffs really level the playing field, or are they just bad economics? In this emergency episode, we fact-check the Trump administration’s claims that retaliatory tariffs make trade fairer.
Kyle Hulehan and Erica York break down the flawed research behind these arguments, explain who actually pays for tariffs, and discuss their real impact on businesses and consumers.
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- Tracking the Economic Impact of the Trump Trade War See more
- Trump’s Reciprocal TariffTariffs are taxes imposed by one country on goods imported from another country. Tariffs are trade barriers that raise prices, reduce available quantities of goods and services for US businesses and consumers, and create an economic burden on foreign exporters. Calculations Are Nonsense, Will Punish Mutually Beneficial Trade See more
- Who Pays Tariffs? Americans Will Bear the Costs of the Next Trade War See more
- How Will President Trump’s Tariffs Affect the Value of the Dollar? See more
- Time (or Buying American) Won’t Erase the Economic Harm of Higher Tariffs See more
- Tariffs and Trade: Research & Analysis See more
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