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5 days ago'The tariffs are a big tax increase': Top bank crunches the numbers on how much Americans are paying for Trump's trade regime | Fortune
"The tariffs are a big tax increase," the report states simply. According to UBS, the current tariff policies imply a weighted-average tariff rate of 13.6%, based on 2024 import shares, a fivefold jump from just 2.5% at the beginning of the year. This steep rate effectively translates to a tax on imports representing 1.2% of GDP.
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