In the price sense, that's right. Although, for a large consumer nation, more of the tax incidence falls on the foreign producers, so it's not as inflationary as the same tariff rate implemented by a small nation.

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They’re placed in an impossible situation. As much as Trump wants them to cut rates, tariffs alone are highly likely to trigger inflation, so expanding the money supply would make it worse.

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They’re placed in an impossible situation. As much as Trump wants them to cut rates, tariffs alone are highly likely to trigger inflation, so expanding the money supply would make it worse. 