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4 charts show why Trump's tariffs will hurt everyone – not just China

  • Written by Greg Wright, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Merced

On March 22, the Trump administration lobbed its second volley in a planned escalation of punitive trade measures against America’s trading partners.

The latest salvo targets China, the largest U.S. trading partner, and covers a much wider range of products than the first set of tariffs, which focused on steel and aluminum.

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