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How Trump's Tariffs Plan Might Work

The NPR Politics Podcast
The NPR Politics Podcast
Episode • Jan 1, • 9m
From The Indicator from Planet Money:

President-elect Donald Trump made a lot of economic promises on the campaign trail, but none as sweeping as his plan to enact tariffs. Trump believes taxing imports from other countries will help reduce the U.S. trade deficit and raise money for things like tax cuts. Today on the show, how might these tariffs work and will they work? Or is everything about to get more expensive?

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