90 Billion
in tariff revenue has been collected by the US government under the Trump administration. Borderline Economics is a podcast and newsletter that investigates the economic impacts of tariffs on American industry and consumers, how tariffs have restructured the US’s role world trade, and the questionable legal power behind tariff policy.
If you can take anything away from Borderline Economics, consider the following:
Tariffs are tax on US consumers
Tariff policy is destroying American agriculture
Trump’s legal basis for tariff policy is illegitimate