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The impact of the 2018 trade war on US prices and welfare


What has been happening to the US economy as a result of the Trump administration's 2018 round of import tariffs? Research by Mary Amiti, Stephen Redding and David Weinstein estimates the effects of this change in US trade policy on domestic consumers and the firms that import foreign goods.


Mary Amiti, Stephen J. Redding and David E. Weinstein

1 July 2019     Paper Number CEPCP553

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Trade programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Inequality: Winners and Losers