How Our Liberation Is Going

A year ago, President Trump ordered double-digit tariffs on virtually everything the U.S. imports…Here’s where things stand on the first anniversary of “Liberation Day”

  • The government collected a lot of money but has to give half of it back
  • A boom in domestic manufacturing hasn’t happened
  • Inflation remains elevated
  • The trade deficit hasn’t changed much
  • Import taxes are high, but not as high as a year ago

— “Have Trump’s tariffs worked? This is where things stand a year after ‘Liberation Day,’NPR.com