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Tariffs: What are they good for?

2025-04-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·23m 28s ·by NPR
Tariffs: What are they good for?
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What are tariffs good for? For years, mainstream economists have basically said: tariffs are not good. They are an import tax paid by consumers, they’ve said, and they discourage free trade, and we want more! Because free trade has broadly led to more global economic growth. But global trade hasn’t