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- Trump’s 10 Percent Tariffs: Projected Impacts on U. S . . . - AAF
This research breaks down the estimated costs of presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposed 10 percent tariff on all imports into the United States
- The Cost of a Tomato Tariff - AAF
Undergirding this decision is the Trump Administration’s conclusion that Mexican tomatoes undermine domestic producers with “unfairly” low prices – although tomato imports are already subject to a price floor under the TSA that artificially raises the price of tomatoes Americans purchase from Mexico
- The Total Cost of U. S. Tariffs - AAF
Introduction One of former President Trump’s most prominent policy actions was to raise tariffs, which significantly harm the U S economy Trade barriers such as tariffs increase the cost of consumer and producer goods and depress the economic benefits of competition, inhibiting economic growth
- Inflation and the Trump Tariff - AAF
A recent study found that a broad implementation of tariffs would raise the inflation rate by about ¾ percentage point relative to the current baseline (Zandi, Le Cerda, and Begley 2024 and correspondence with author) Clausing and Obstfeld 2024 concur that the inflation impact of an across-the-board tariff would be severe
- Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs: Potential Scenarios and Cost Estimates
Executive Summary On April 2, the Trump Administration’s “reciprocal tariffs” – import duties that are designed to match the tariff and non-tariff barriers of other countries – are set to go into effect As of March 31, it is unclear how the administration will calculate reciprocal tariffs and to what extent these tariff rates will […]
- Tariff Policy on Drugs - AAF
President Trump is on record holding that “tariff” is the most beautiful word in the English language (Eakinomics hastens to point out that it isn’t even the top “T” word, coming in a distant second – at best – to Twizzlers ) It is hard to see the beauty in the president’s desire to put tariffs […]
- Movie Tariffs and the First Trade Deal - AAF
Fun Fact: The average effective tariff rate of the United States is at roughly 28 percent, a higher rate than during the Smoot-Hawley tariff and slowly approaching Venezuela’s 36 5 percent simple average final bound The Reel Cost of Tariffs What’s Happening: While some celebrated May the Fourth by watching a Star Wars movie, President Trump […]
- Rescissions and the Budget Outlook - AAF
This past Friday, Congress passed H R 4: Rescissions Act of 2025, the legislation in response to President Trump’s May 28 rescissions request Jordan Haring has a full description of the legislation Eakinomics will simply note that the legislation included 21 of the 22 proposed rescissions and reduced federal spending by an estimated $8 9 billion over the 2025–2034 budget window For […]
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