LETTER: Trump confusion over tariffs and trade

The American vision: the external deficit is a consequence of the “complacency” of the US (low tariffs/many imports) and must be corrected via high tariffs that allow you to import less and produce more internally. For many economists this vision is wrong: the deficit is generated because the US is a “wearier” country (it spends more than its income). But what does it have to do with being spent with the external deficit? Example: you have 100 o…

LETTER: Trump confusion over tariffs and trade

Deficits sound bad, but they are neither good nor bad.

Former President Donald Trump has said that tariffs are paid by other countries, but experts clarify that they are taxes paid by the importing company and whose costs, in many cases, end up affecting local consumers. Entry Tariffs are not imposed on other countries, they are paid by importers and the consumer was first published on Link Latino NC. Tariffs are not imposed on other countries, they are paid by importers and the consumer was first p…

Until Trump's election, it was known that the US economy was weighed down by twin debts. On the one hand, there was the commercial debt with foreign countries, equal to a trillion and constantly growing. On the other hand, we have public debt of 36 trillion, now well above 100% of GDP, and also constantly growing thanks to the tax cuts of the first Trump. Now a third deficit has also emerged, perhaps the most worrying one, an acute deficit of cr…

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Trump tariffs are meant to 'fix' trade deficits. Are they even a problem?

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