No matter where you doom-scroll, your news feed is most likely filled with tariff talk and the ramifications of the resulting trade war. However, in all the noise, it’s easy to get lost in the ...
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How do tariffs work?

Tariffs are taxes a government puts on goods and services that come from other countries. You can think of a tariff as an extra fee added at the border, which makes imported products more expensive.
We’ll explain how tariffs work, what Trump has proposed and what experts say about it, and what happened during Trump’s first term. Tariffs or customs duties are a tax on products purchased from ...
Rising prices have been top of mind for consumers for several years, especially coming off the high inflation after the pandemic. Now, rising global tensions in 2025, including new tariffs, are ...
When President Donald Trump unveiled his administration's sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs last April, pundits on both sides of the aisle responded by describing the likely effects in superlatives.