{"id":589,"date":"2025-03-06T03:22:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T03:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/03\/06\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-trump-tariffs-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T03:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T03:22:43","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-trump-tariffs-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/03\/06\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-trump-tariffs-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know About the Trump Tariffs &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"site-content\">\n<article id=\"story\">\n<div id=\"top-wrapper\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/#after-top\">SKIP ADVERTISEMENT<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"headline\">Everything You Need to Know About the Trump Tariffs<\/h2>\n<p>They have upended diplomatic relations with America\u2019s largest trading partners, sent markets tumbling and provoked retaliations on U.S. products.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\">\n<div data-testid=\"imageContainer-children-Image\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A port, with rows of containers piled up. A bridge is In the background, along with cranes.\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/01\/multimedia\/01tariffs-explainer-pfzl\/01tariffs-explainer-pfzl-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&#038;auto=webp&#038;disable=upscale\"   decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-ImageCaption\"><span>Most economists expect fresh trade barriers to raise prices for U.S. businesses and households, which could lead to a temporary burst of higher inflation.<\/span><span><span>Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Adam Amengual for The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section name=\"articleBody\">\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<p>President Trump has levied new tariffs on goods imported from Mexico, Canada and China, risking a damaging trade war. The three countries account for more than a third of the products brought into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The United States hadn\u2019t seen so many tariffs in nearly 100 years, when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yuOHbyuanbY\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act<\/a> helped deepen the Great Depression, historians say.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump argues that tariffs can help U.S. factories and raise revenue for the government. But his recent actions have also upended diplomatic relations with America\u2019s largest trading partners, sent markets tumbling and provoked retaliations on U.S. products.<\/p>\n<p>What are tariffs? How do they function? And who really pays for them? 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