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Trump favors huge new tariffs. How do they work?

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67% Informative

Trump has proposed a 60% tariff on goods from China and 20% on everything else the U.S. imports.

He says tariffs will create more factory jobs, shrink the federal deficit and lower food prices.

Mainstream economists are generally skeptical of tariffs, considering them a mostly inefficient way for governments to raise money.

Trump wants to enact a budget policy that resembles what was in place in the 19th century .

He has argued that tariffs on farm imports could lower food prices by aiding America ’s farmers.

But tariffs on imported food products would almost certainly send grocery prices up by reducing choices for consumers.

Tariffs raise costs for companies and consumers that rely on imports.

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