Can Tariffs Benefit Our Nation?

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2025-01-29, 1/29/2025

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Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University

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When can adopting tariffs increase a country's welfare? In this policy paper, PERC Fellow Amy Glass discusses the conditions needed for a large country to achieve an optimum tariff, terms of trade, and changes in price due to tariffs. Trade war effects and shifts in production due to tariff avoidance are also discussed.

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tariff, optimum tariff, terms of trade, United States, trade war

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