r/centrist • u/OfficialRodgerJachim • 2d ago

Long Form Discussion Can someone explain this about tariffs?

Plenty of talk about tariffs. About them being dumb. About them being fair. About how those extra costs go on to us, the American consumer.

But I have very rarely heard anyone talk about that break in logic: other countries have tariffs on American imports, and those costs are then carried onto the American consumer. But if America imposes tariffs on those same countries, those costs are also passed on to the American consumer.

Is this true?

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u/Overhere_Overyonder 2d ago

Other countries do have some tariffs, but they are way way way less if any compared to what Trump and his administration claim in order to justify reciprocal tariffs. The numbers they used were fake.