Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash
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April 5, 2025

Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash

By By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s expansive new tariffs reverse a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers and are likely, economists say, to raise prices for Americans by thousands of dollars each year while sharply slowing the U.S. economy.

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